[il-talk] Fwd: Chicago Latino Film Fest at NEIU, Tues. April 28

[Edwin Rodriguez]

Woops never mind I missed it,
Just noticed it was today.
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> this looks interesting.
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> Mr. hansen
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> From: NEIU Targeted Announcement <No-Reply at neiu.edu>
> Date: Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 8:52 PM
> Subject: Chicago Latino Film Fest at NEIU, Tues. April 28
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> Chicago Latino Film Fest @ NEIU
> Tuesday, April 28, 2009
> Auditorium
>
> Program 1: 1:30pm
> LA AMERICANA / THE AMERICAN
> DIRECTOR: NICHOLAS BRUCKMAN
> BOLIVIA / 65 min
>
> La Americana is Carmen's story, and the story of millions of undocumented
> immigrants forced to leave their families behind in order to provide a
> better life for them. It is the story of countries divided not only by
> values, but moreover by physical and political barriers that separates
> families indefinitely sometimes forever.
>
>
> SHOPPING TO BELONG
> DIRECTOR: IRENE SOSA
> US / 30 min
>
> Shopping to Belong is a documentary that explores the relationship between
> consumerism and citizenship in the Latino community and how it is utilized
> to own a sense of belonging. This documentary aims to explore the premise 
> on
> which immigrants shop as a means to feel a part of this country, given 
> that
> it is one of, if not the main, cultural activity in the United States.
>
> Program 2: 6pm
> SORAYA, AMOR NO ES OLVIDO /  SORAYA, LOVE IS NOT FORGIVENESS
>
> DIRECTORS: MARTA RODRIGUEZ &
> FERNANDO RESTREPO
> COLOMBIA / 52 min
>
> This documentary is the third installment of the series Women at War,
> co-directed by Marta Rodriguez and Fernando Restrepo. The trilogy focuses 
> on
> women who have been displaced by the paramilitary attacks on black
> communities in the Choc region of the Colombian Pacific coast and their
> search for a future.
> MEXICO, EL ULTIMO PAIS MAGICO / MEXICO, THE LAST MAGICAL COUNTRY
>
> DIRECTOR: DEMETRIO BILBATUA
> MEXICO / 33 min
>
> A kaleidoscopic of breathtaking images, illustrates Mexico as rich as its
> cultures. Three thousand years of uninterrupted civilization, art, music,
> language, poetry, and religion emanate from its soil, survive in the 
> gaiety
> of its peoples and permeates the sun, mountains, deserts, jungles and 
> coasts
> of its farthest corners.
> PB
>
> DIRECTOR: PEDRO BLANCO URIBE
> VENEZUELA / 6 min
>
> Four very diverse characters meet in an elevator. An executive, a designer
> and a Police officer are secretly and individually warned about a killer
> "wearing blue". A calm nervousness begins to show. Meanwhile, the fourth
> character, a deliveryman, listens loudly to salsa music through his
> headphones, completely unaware of the situation. Tensions continue to grow
> inside the elevator: all of them are dressed in blue.
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