Austin Film Society presents: Tráiganme la cabeza de Alfredo García (Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia), directed by Sam Peckinpah
Thursday, April 5th, 2018, 7:30 PM
Tuesday, April 10th, 2018, 7:00 PM
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100, Austin, TX 78752
Synopsis: Writer-director Sam Peckinpah was a man on the edge at all times. This film, starring Warren Oates as a piano playing drifter who sets out on the titular quest, led many to believe he had finally gone over that edge. Today its urgency and humor have made it an outlaw classic. The first screening will be hosted by former CinemaTexas member Louis Black.
600 Millas (600 Miles), a film by Gabriel Ripstein
Saturday, February 17th, 2018, 7:00pm
Texas Spirit Theater, Bullock Museum
1800 Congress Ave., Austin, TX, 78701
Tel: (512) 936 - 8746
Synopsis: Two young men are earning money by running weapons across the Arizona-Mexico border, but they are discovered by an ATF agent who attempts to apprehend them. 600 MILLAS (600 MILES)
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.
OUTsider presents: Me and Mr. Mauri, directed by Dr. Osa Hidalgo de la Riva and Augie Robles and co-presented by Cine Las Americas.
Friday, February 16th, 2018, 6:00pm
The VORTEX
2307 Manor Rd., Austin TX 78722
Tel. (512) 474-7886
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this program as a community sponsor of the 4th annual OUTsider Fest.
Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival presents: Your Way Back to Me, a film by Alexandra Dietz
Wednesday, January 17th, 2018, 7:30 pm
South Lamar Alamo Drafthouse
1120 S Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78704
Synopsis: Hannah Sheridan is half Cheyenne and half Kiowa, born in El Reno, Oklahoma. On the night of her high school graduation she saw a Navy recruitment commercial and joined the next day, despite the fact that she was a lesbian, or Two Spirit, in the era of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.” Ten years later, after the deaths of her father and grandmother and her recent discharge from the Navy, Hannah returns to her Native-American community to fulfill her role in the mourning rituals that honor her deceased relatives and to try to find her place again within her culture and family.
Cine Las Americas International Film Festival co-presents this program in partnership with the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival.
Chavela, a film by Catherine Gund & Daresha Kyi
Theatrical run opening Weds. 11/22/17
AFS Cinema
6406 N I-35 Suite 3100 Austin, TX 78752
Synopsis: Through its lyrical structure, CHAVELA takes viewers on an evocative, thought-provoking journey through the iconoclastic life of game-changing Mexican musician Chavela Vargas.
Sponsored by Cine Las Americas
