CineNoche at Violet Crown Cinema: A Strike and an Uprising (In Texas)

CineNoche at Violet Crown Cinema: A Strike and an Uprising (In Texas)

A Strike and an Uprising (In Texas), a film by Anne Lewis

Wednesday, August 8th, 2018, 7:00pm
Sunday, August 12th, 2018, 11:00am

Violet Crown Cinema
434 W 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
Tel: (512) 495-9600

Synopsis: This experimental documentary recovers stories of working people in Texas and demonstrates the power of labor and liberation.

The film will be preceded by the short film HAKLA (STAMMER) directed by Tania Romero. 

CineNoche is a film series presented in partnership with Violet Crown Cinema.

AFS: Tráiganme la cabeza de Alfredo García (Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia)

AFS: Tráiganme la cabeza de Alfredo García (Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia)

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.

Viva Cinema: 600 Millas (600 Miles)

Viva Cinema: 600 Millas (600 Miles)

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.

aGLIFF: Your Way Back to Me

aGLIFF: Your Way Back to Me

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.