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Film: Pioneras: Mujeres de Vanguardia/Pioneers: Women of the Avant-Garde, Después de… No se os puede dejar solos

12 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE At the beginning of the Transition (la Transición—the Spanish transition to democracy following the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975), a small group of filmmakers took to the streets to record the opinions of politicians and citizens regarding the country that was about to be formed. Today, this documentary by Cecilia and José Juan Bartolomé is a milestone in the history of Spanish cinema, compiling testimonies that allow us to understand the plurality of (more…)

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Film: Pioneras: Mujeres de Vanguardia/Pioneers: Women of the Avant-Garde, Función de noche

12 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE In Josefina Molina’s Función de noche, the actress Lola Herrera, performing nightly in Miguel Delibes’ play Cinco horas con Mario, comes to confound her own life with that of the character she plays. In the close confines of her dressing room, she and her former husband, actor Daniel Dicenta, engage in a cathartic conversation about their professional and personal lives. 1981; Spanish with English subtitles; 90 minutes; Rated PG13 Free community event

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Film: Pioneras: Mujeres de Vanguardia/Pioneers: Women of the Avant-Garde, El crimen de Cuenca

12 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE Pilar Miró’s El crimen de Cuenca is an unsparing depiction of real events that took place in 1913 in the Spanish province of Cuenca.  When a shepherd mysteriously disappears, his companions, believed to be responsible for his murder, confess to the crime under torture and are condemned to prison, serving 11 years of an 18-year sentence.  After they are released, the man they supposedly killed turns up alive. The film was initially banned in Spain

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Film: Pioneras: Mujeres de Vanguardia/Pioneers: Women of the Avant-Garde, La gata

12 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE Co-directed by Margarita Alexandre and Rafael Torrecilla, La gata, set in in the Andalusian countryside, is the story of a love triangle playing out in the world of bullfighting. It has been described as a “beautiful tragedy,” as well as a melodrama. Actress, director, and producer Margarita Alexandre worked in film and theatre in Spain during the early days of the Franco regime, and in Cuba following the Revolution. Born in León in 1923, she

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Film: Pioneras: Mujeres de Vanguardia/Pioneers: Women of the Avant-Garde, Segundo López, aventurero urbano

12 pm (MST) Available for 48 hours Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE In Ana Mariscal’s neorealist comedy Segundo López, aventurero urbano, an honest countryman arrives in Madrid looking for work. When he befriends a street urchin, they embark on innumerable urban adventures. Mariscal, an iconic Spanish film actress, also stars in her directorial debut. 1953; Spanish with English subtitles; 80 minutes; not rated. Free community event

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Film: La Guerra Civil Española por nosotras/Female Views of the Spanish Civil War

12 am (MST) Available through 11:59 pm (MST) March 7 Place: All titles will be available on the Mujeres de Cine VOD platform HERE Instituto Cervantes Albuquerque, in collaboration with Mujeres de Cine (Women of Cinema), presents the on-line film series La Guerra Civil española por nosotras (Female views of the Spanish Civil War), bringing together the views of three Spanish female directors on this conflict. The cycle comprises three full-length films: La buena nueva, by Helena Taberna, El gran vuelo, by Carolina Astudillo Muñoz, and El

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Pioneras: Mujeres de Vanguardia/Pioneers: Women of the Avant-Garde

11 am (MST) Instituto Cervantes YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/cervantesabq This series of on-line talks highlights the work of women who have paved the way in investigating new artistic languages in disciplines such as electronic music, video creation, or photography. It features New Mexico artists such as filmmaker Sally Kewayosh, Spanish-speaking artists living in the United States such as photographer and filmmaker Jose Girl, and Spanish artists such as musician Niet! and video artist Regina Álvarez. Free community event

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Film: Ciclo Ángela Molina, Las cosas del querer

12 pm (available for 48 hours) Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE Jaime Chávarrri’s Las cosas del querer follows the trajectory of a song-and-dance duo and their piano player in the 1940s, with a look into their backstage lives and an evocation of the popular music of their times. As the group’s rise to fame and fortune parallels Franco’s consolidation of power in collusion with the Spanish aristocracy, their return to Madrid marks the most difficult  moments of their careers. Lavishly produced and vibrantly entertaining as a musical,

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Film: Ciclo Ángela Molina, La mitad del cielo

12 pm (available for 48 hours) Instituto Cervantes Vimeo Channel HERE Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón had a significant influence on Ángela Molina’s career, directing several of the films she made in the years of transition to democracy, including Camada negra (1977), El corazón del bosque (1979), and Demonios en el jardín (1982). In La mitad del cielo, set after the Spanish Civil War, Rosa, the daughter of a humble family in Asturias, travels to Madrid with her own daughter following the death of her husband. With the help

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