Retornados (The Returned), a short film by Sarah M Kuck and Meredith Hoffman
Hacia el sol (Towards the Sun), a short film by Monica Santis
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2019, 7:00 PM
Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600
RETORNADOS is a short documentary about three families who have been forced to return to Honduras, and to the extremely violent conditions they fled. The film features the families’ narratives as chapters, with intimate impressions of their domestic lives and stories about their ambitions, fears, and desires for safety.
HACIA EL SOL: A 12 year old girl confronts her scarring past when she is placed at an immigrant children’s shelter for unaccompanied minors in Texas. As her future hangs in limbo, she embarks on a healing journey to recover her own sense of power through her artwork.
A special presentation of Cine Las Americas in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.
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
