Emvergeoning

Come celebrate film in San Antonio during CineFestival 2010!

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Join the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center and the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center for day 2 & 3 of the 32nd Annual CINEFESTIVAL:

Regular admission for each screening,
$8 Gen | $6 Students/Seniors | $12 Day Pass
Bring Esperanza mailer or La Voz ad
to the Guadalupe Theater box office &
get a Friday day pass for $8

Friday, February 5, 2010 | Guadalupe Theater

8:30pm Al Más Allá:
Al Más Allá is an experimental documentary that uses narrative elements to explore the realities of shifting global wealth and drug trafficking along the Mayan coastline of Mexico. When a vain filmmaker leads a fictional documentary crew through a beach town to interview real local merchants and tour guides more than information stands between her and the truth.
Starring Ofelia Medina as “The Documentary Filmmaker.”

9:30pm Corazón Del Tiempo:
In La Esperanza de San Pedro, Chiapas, in the midst of the Zapatista struggle, Sonia, a member of the community, is about to be married. Her dowry, a cow, has been delivered. Her boyfriend’s family has been spoken to… However, Sonia is in love with another: an insurgent. Now, the EZLN has a problem on their hands and the entire community must come together so that the voice of its members can be heard and respected; and so that duty may be overcome by love.

Saturday, February 6, 2010 | Casa de Cuentos

10:00am
La Historia del Westside Platica
Casa de Cuentos – 816 S. Colorado, 78207

Share a cafecito con pan dulce with elders from el Westside
at our monthly platica at the Casa de Cuentos. And later, join
us for a free film screening of Stages down the street
at Teatro Guadalupe.

Saturday, February 6, 2010 | Guadalupe Theater

12:00pm Stages (Free Screening):
In New York City’s changing Lower East Side, a group of older Puerto Rican women and inner-city youth come together to create an original play out of the stories of their lives. Weaving together themes of immigration, evolution, aging and coming of age, Stages offers an intimate portrait of an unlikely ensemble, transformed by the liberating power of their own stories.
Director Ray Santisteban, and members of the Meerkat Media Collective will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A session.

4:30pm New Muslim Cool:
Puerto Rican American rapper Hamza Pérez ended his life as a drug dealer 12 years ago, and started down a new path as a young Muslim. Now he’s moved to Pittsburgh’s tough North Side to start a new religious community, rebuild his shattered family, and take his message of faith to other young people through his uncompromising music as part of the hip-hop duo M-Team. Raising his two kids as a single dad and longing for companionship, Hamza finds love on a Muslim networking website and seizes the chance for happiness in a second marriage. But when the FBI raids his mosque, Hamza must confront the realities of the post- 9/11 world, and challenge himself. He starts reaching for a deeper understanding of his faith, discovering new connections with people from Christian and Jewish communities. Hamza follows his spiritual journey to some surprising places — where we can all see ourselves reflected in a world that never stops changing.
Director Jennifer Maytorena Taylor will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A session.