Instituto Cervantes
Film: (A) Normal
Virtual12:00 pm (available for 48 hours) Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Leo, Juan, David, and Lucio meet in the gym locker room—four people with four different views on issues such as masculinity. Miguel Parra’s (A) Normal demonstrates, through the debates that ensue, that “normality” is as personal as each individual’s particular essence and prejudices. 2021; Spanish with English subtitles; 12 minutes; not rated. Free cummunity event Instituto Cervantes presents an annual cycle of short films dedicated to gender diversity, dealing with different approaches to LGTBIQ+ reality, and (more...)
Film: Better Days
Virtual12:00 pm (available for 48 hours) Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel Here Fran Herrero Ansoleaga’s Better Days presents the testimonies of five people who have fled harassment in their home countries because of their gender identities and have sought asylum in Spain. Before the director’s camera, they share their fears, doubts, and certainties, as well as their belief that “everything gets better.” 2021; Spanish with English subtitles; 9 minutes; not rated. Free community event Instituto Cervantes presents an annual cycle of short films dedicated to gender diversity, dealing (more...)
¡Cine Magnifico! The Last Movie (USA)
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-305:00 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.- Film Screening 6:45 p.m. Talk with journalist Fietta Jarque Dennis Hopper's second feature film after making his directorial debut with Easy Rider. The Last Movie (1971) was shot in Peru and edited at the artist's home in Taos (New Mexico). Consciously self-reflexive and co-written by Hopper and Rebel Without a Cause screenwriter Stewart Stern. The Last Movie follows a Hollywood movie crew in the midst of making a western in a remote Peruvian village. When production wraps, Hopper, as the baleful stuntman (more...)
¡Cine Magnifico! Canción Sin Nombre (Peru)
6:00 p.m. Peru, at the height of the political crisis of the 1980’s. Georgina is a young woman from the Andes whose newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets Pedro Campos, a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation. Based on a true story. 2019; directed by Melina León; Spanish and Quechua with English subtitles; Not Rated Free Community Event Note: Tickets for this and other Cine (more...)
¡Cine Magnifico! Pizarro (Colombia)
8:00 p.m. This is a story about the burden of family heritage. It begins when María José, in exile in Barcelona, realizes that - no matter how far she runs - she cannot escape the ghost of her father, Carlos Pizarro, an M-19 commander assassinated on April 26, 1990 after signing a successful peace treaty with the Colombian government. Pizarro is an iconic figure of war and peace in Colombia. Twenty years after his assassination, she returns to her country to understand the causes that led to (more...)
¡Cine Magnifico! & ¡Globalquerque!: ¡NYICFF Kid Flicks!
NHCC-Newsletter-November-2-3011:00 a.m. ¡NYICFF Kid Flicks! celebrates the best Spanish-language short films from around the globe. This program includes seven short films for children. Free Community Event Presented as part of the free ¡Globalquerque! Global Fiesta and International Cinema Series Note: Tickets for this and other Cine Magnifico showings will be available at the door one hour prior to the screening. 11:40 (Argentina) When Damián gets a watch for his birthday, he and his little brother Matias can’t stop checking it, anxiously waiting for 11:40 to arrive. 2018; Live Action, directed (more...)
Oralidad Festival: Opening ceremony & Inaugural Talk featuring Enrique Lamadrid and Demetria Martínez
NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting5:00 pm Inauguration. Opening ceremony with the presence of the director of Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque, Silvia Grijalba, and the Consul of Spain in Texas and New Mexico, Mrs. Julia Olmo. 5:05 pm Enrique Lamadrid and Demetria Martínez kick off the 20222 Oralidad Festival by leading a discussion titled "'The Voice of My Conscience:' Life, Times, and Talents of Luis S. Martínez (1898-1986): memories of a poet of the people and the rescue of his work." In this presentation, social activist, poet, journalist, and novelist Demetria Martínez joins (more...)
Oralidad Festival: Francisco Carrillo Martín
NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting6:15 pm Join us as essayist and teacher Francisco Carrillo Martín gives a talk that delves into some of the ideas in his latest book, Fuera de foco: cinco derivas por la obra de Juan Rulfo, which was published at the end of 2021. Through the Mexican author's literature and photography, he will reflect on how the migratory process of the 1940s and 1950s to the main Latin American cities transformed the voices and landscapes of the rural tradition. Instituto Cervantes, AMP Concerts, and the National Hispanic (more...)
Oralidad Festival: Songs and Stories from the Native American Performing Arts Program
NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting11:00 am Music, dance, and storytelling intermingle in a program that showcases Native American pride and culture. It is an intertribal presentation, directed by John Williams, that will be performed by students from Albuquerque Public Schools. The program will include two Native American songs, two winter stories accompanied by performances, and a Native American dance that allows for audience participation. This activity will also allow attendees to develop communication and life skills. Instituto Cervantes, AMP Concerts, and the National Hispanic Cultural Center present the second edition of (more...)
Oralidad Festival: Enrique Lamadrid & Susana Rivera
NHCC-BOD-January-2020-Meeting4:00 pm Authors and University of New Mexico professors Dr. Enrique Lamadrid and Dr. Susana Rivera present the latest collection of poems by E.A. "Tony" Mares: Reflections through the Convex Mirror of Time: Poems in Remembrance of the Spanish Civil War. They will be joined at the event by the four poets who wrote the back cover texts for this volume: Levi Romero, Demetria Martinez, Gary Brower, and Michael Thomas. Instituto Cervantes, AMP Concerts, and the National Hispanic Cultural Center present the second edition of the Oralidad Festival. (more...)