Veneno para las hadas (Poison for the Fairies), directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada
Thursday, January 17th, 2019, 7:00 PM
Consulate General of Mexico in Austin
5202 E. Ben White Blvd., Suite 150
Austin TX 78741
FREE and open to the public!
About the Film: POISON FOR THE FAIRIES is a 1984 film written and directed by Carlos Enrique Taboada. It won 5 Silver Ariel Awards, including best film, best photography, best director, best editing, and best sound mixing, as well as a Golden Bochica, from Colombia's International Film Festival. It is considered a classic of Mexico's cinema from the 80s.
Copresented by Cine Las Americas
Tejano, a film by David Blue Garcia
Wednesday, January 16th, 2019, 7:30 PM & 8:00 PM
Thursday, January 17th, 2019, 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM
Sunday, January 20th, 2019, 11:00 AM
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019, 7:30 PM
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
Synopsis: When his Grandfather suddenly becomes ill, Javi, a South Texas farmhand resorts to the extreme: he turns to a Mexican cartel to make some quick cash. But when the cartel breaks his arm and forces him to smuggle a cast made of cocaine across the Mexican border, Javi learns how far he will go for family.
A special presentation of Cine Las Americas in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
Highway Patrolman, a film by Alex Cox
Saturday, January 5th, 2019, 4:15 PM
Tuesday, January 8th, 2019, 7:00 PM
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100, Austin, TX 78752
Synopsis: In this newly restored film from Alex Cox (REPO MAN, SID & NANCY), we follow a young patrullero in Mexico as he learns the ropes in some remote stretches of the countryside and adapts to the sometimes ugly realities of life on the edge.
La Bamba, a film by Luis Valdez
Saturday, December 22nd, 2018, 4:30 PM
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100, Austin, TX 78752
Synopsis: The life of rock & roll legend Ritchie Valens bursts across the screen in the highly celebrated music-filled biopic LA BAMBA, starring Lou Diamond Phillips (YOUNG GUNS, CHE) as the teenage sensation whose rise to fame was tragically cut short at the age of 17.
Pastorela, directed by Emilio Portes
Thursday, December 20th, 2018, 7:00 PM
Consulate General of Mexico in Austin
5202 E. Ben White Blvd., Suite 150
Austin TX 78741
FREE and open to the public!
Synopsis: Agent Jesus Juarez (Joaquín Cosio), better known in the neighborhood as “Chucho,” has always played the Devil in his town's Nativity Play. This Christmas, the local church has a new pastor, father Edmundo Posadas (Carlos Cobos). When he recasts the role, the two men engage in a battle between good and evil to recover what is theirs by tradition.
Copresented by Cine Las Americas
Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco, a film by James Crump
Tuesday, December 18th, 2018, 7:30 PM
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100, Austin, TX 78752
Synopsis: Immerse yourself in the colorful world of the most influential fashion illustrator of the disco era, Antonio Lopez, in this celebration of his life as told through his friends and artwork.
