Sunday, September 16, 2018, 5:30 pm, $14
Tickets: http://sflff.gala-engine.com/2018/itineraries/screenings-at-ata/
Description
Light and heavy. American and Latin American. A mix of shorts that pack a lot of substance into a short amout of time.
In This Program
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The Earth Did Not Speak
JAVIER BRIONES / GUATEMALA / 2016 / 4TH WORLD CINEMA, DEVELOPING NATIONS, DOCUMENTARY, ENVIRONMENTAL, GUATEMALA, HUMAN RIGHTS, INDIGENOUS CINEMA, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA, LATINO, STUDENT, STUDENT FILM / 20 MINS
Survivors of The Rio Negro Massacres in Guatemala fight to rebuild their lives on the bank of their flooded ancestral homelands.
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Enedina’s Nativity
ALEJANDRO MENDOZA-IBARRA / UNITED STATES / 2017 / CULTURE, IMMIGRANT, SPIRITUALITY, URBAN, WOMEN IN FILM / 10 MINS
A grandmother with an unbreakable faith builds a “big Christmas miracle” that has brought this working-class community together.
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(Latin) American Dream
PEDRO PEIRA / MIGRATION STORIES / SPAIN / 2017 / CULTURE, DOCUMENTARY, FAMILY / 10 MINS
A Guatemalan LA-based family tries to balance the Latin world with the American one.
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Our Man in Tokyo (The Ballad of Shin Miyata)
AKIRA BOCH / UNITED STATES / 2018 / ARTS, CULTURE, MUSIC, SOCIETY / 19 MINS
A Tokyo-based record label owner lives his passion for Chicanog music by bringing East Los Angeles bands to Japan for nearly 20 years.
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Women Filmmakers From Nicaragua
TANIA ROMERO / NICARAGUA / 2016 / DOCUMENTARY / 30 MINS
A documentary celebrating and highlighting women filmmakers from Nicaragua.
