Film

Albuquerque Film & Music Experience: 10th Anniversary Edition

9:30 am to 10:00 pm Thursday & Friday 10:00 am to 11:00 pm Saturday 9:30 am to 4:30 pm Sunday The Albuquerque Film & Music Experience celebrate their 10th anniversary at the NHCC with a festival, taking place across Albuquerque, that runs from Tuesday, Sept. 13 through Sunday, Sept. 18. The Experience will include a wide variety of short and feature-length narrative and documentary films, music, and animated videos from around the world. In addition, they will present their popular Center Stage Conversations, Master Classes, and their (more…)

¡Globalquerque!: International Cinema Series: Sojourns–Episode One: PUULUUP (Estonia/USA)

12:30 pm “We draw inspiration from Vormsi nights, trams in November, junkies in love, criminals from Odessa and Antonio Vivaldi.” Indeed. Travel to Estonia and Finland for the first episode of the documentary series ¡Globalquerque! Sojourns: Puuluup! Visit with Ramo Teder and Marko Veisson, a/k/a Puuluup, one of the most delightful and original music discoveries we have come across. Hang out, cook, longboard, shop, drink, record and more with Ramo and Marko and families and friends! Oh! And there will be music, too! 2021; Directed by Tom (more…)

Noche de Familia

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm Join us at the Center for an evening of Halloween fun for the whole family! Our Noche de Familia will feature trick-or-treating, artmaking, music, and a free screening of Coco at 7:00 pm. The screening is on a first come first served seating. Please arrive early to guarantee a seat. Free family event. Register in advance below. This program generously supported by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico’s Healthy Kids, Healthy Families and Bank of America.

¡Globalquerque!: International Cinema Series: Zombi Child

7:00 pm Zombi Child is a 2019 French drama film directed by Bertrand Bonello. It is based on the account of the life of a supposed zombified man in Haiti, Clairvius Narcisse. It was screened in the Directors’ Fortnight section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. 2019; Written and Directed by Bertrand Bonello; 103 min; French with English subtitles, not rated Free community event. Please register in advance here:

¡Globalquerque!: International Cinema Series: The Earth Is Blue as an Orange

7:00 pm Single mother Hanna and her four children live in the front-line war zone of Donbas, Ukraine. While the outside world is made up of bombings and chaos, the family is managing to keep their home as a safe haven, full of life and full of light. Every member of the family has a passion for cinema, motivating them to shoot a film inspired by their own life during a time of war. The creative process raises the question of what kind of power the magical (more…)

¡Globalquerque!: International Cinema Series: The Square (Sweden)

7:00 pm A prestigious Stockholm museum’s chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit. Respected and contemporary art museum curator Christian, a devoted father of two who is divorced, drives an electric car and supports good causes. His next exhibit is “The Square”, an installation which invites passersby to altruism, reminding them of their role as responsible fellow human beings. But sometimes, it is difficult to live up to your own ideals: (more…)

¡Globalquerque!: International Cinema Series: Hotel Salvation

7:00 pm Hotel Salvation (Mukti Bhawan) follows the story of a reluctant son who must take his father to the holy city of Varanasi, where his father believes he will breathe his last and attain salvation. When a 77-year-old man, Daya, wakes up from a strange nightmare, he knows his time is up and he must get to Varanasi immediately in hope of dying there to attain salvation. His dutiful son, Rajiv, is left with no choice but to drop everything and make the journey with his (more…)

Film: Bless Me, Ultima

7:00 pm Rudolfo Anaya’s beloved and iconic Bless Me, Ultima returns to the NHCC with Carl Franklin’s screen adaptation in partnership with the English department of the University of New Mexico. Bless Me, Ultima is set in the 1940s in rural New Mexico, and tells the story of a young boy and the mysterious healer who opens his eyes to the wonders of the spiritual realm. As the entire world is plunged into war and Antonio Marez grapples with the harsh realities all around him, his life is (more…)

Our Lady of the Tortilla

Thursday-Sunday, September 8-11, 2022 7:30pm on Thursday, Friday and Saturday 2pm on Sunday Sandia Performing Arts Company and the NHCC present Our Lady of the Tortilla by Luis Santeiro, directed by Rayrey Griego. The Cruz family is volatile even in the best of times. On this particular day, Nelson, the youngest son, enters the house in a panic to hide the more obvious religious relics from the sight of his “gringo” girlfriend, who is visiting for the weekend. Nelson’s mother, Dahlia, is obsessed with retrieving her husband (more…)

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