Rojo amanecer, directed by Jorge Fons
In Spanish, no subtitles due to technical difficulties [future CineClub presentations will be subtitled in English]
Thursday, October 18th, 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: "Red Dawn" is a 1989 film, directed by Jorge Fons, about the events that took place in Mexico City on October 2nd, 1968, when a group of protesting students were murdered in Tlatelolco, as part of a political oppression. This film won 9 Ariel Awards, presented by the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences.
Copresented by Cine Las Americas
El sueño del Mara’akame (Mara’akame’s Dream), a film by Federico Cecchetti
Friday, October 12th, 2018, 7:00pm
Texas Spirit Theater, Bullock Museum
1800 Congress Ave., Austin, TX, 78701
Tel: (512) 936 - 8746
Synopsis: Nieri is a young Huichol Indian whose dream is travelling with his band to play a concert in Mexico City. But his father is a Mara’akame (Huichol Shaman) and has different plans for his son.
Viva Cinema celebrates the modern cinema of Mexico and beyond. The Bullock Museum is proud to highlight acclaimed films in partnership with Cine Las Americas that feature the rich tradition of Spanish-language movie-making.
Enamorada, directed by Emilio Fernández
Thursday, September 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: During the Mexican Revolution, a macho rebel general falls in love with the independent-minded daughter of an aristocrat in the town he is occupying. (sourced: IMDb)
Copresented by Cine Las Americas
Me llamaban King Tiger (They Called Me King Tiger), a film by Ángel Estrada Soto
Saturday, September 8th, 2018, 7:00pm
Texas Spirit Theater, Bullock Museum
1800 Congress Ave., Austin, TX, 78701
Tel: (512) 936 - 8746
Synopsis: Follow the story of the emblematic Chicano leader, Reies López Tijerina (King Tiger), after the assault on the Tierra Amarilla court in June 1967.
Viva Cinema celebrates the modern cinema of Mexico and beyond. The Bullock Museum is proud to highlight acclaimed films in partnership with Cine Las Americas that feature the rich tradition of Spanish-language movie-making.
Acorazado, a film by Álvaro Curiel
Saturday, July 14th, 2018, 7:00pm
Texas Spirit Theater, Bullock Museum
1800 Congress Ave., Austin, TX, 78701
Tel: (512) 936 - 8746
Synopsis: A Mexican worker tries to migrate to the United States by posing as a Cuban immigrant, but destiny has something else in mind for him.
Viva Cinema celebrates the modern cinema of Mexico and beyond. The Bullock Museum is proud to highlight acclaimed films in partnership with Cine Las Americas that feature the rich tradition of Spanish-language movie-making.
