[Author]Compiled by Laura Alvarellos[/Author]
San Francisco DocFest 2014 will screen 3 films of Latino interest. The names of the movies are The Engineer, directed by Juan Luis Passarelli and Matthew Charles; Of Kites and Borders, directed by Yolanda Pividal; and Life on the Line directed by Jen Gilomen.
In The Engineer, Israel Ticas is the only criminologist working in one of Latin America’s most dangerous countries, El Salvador. He has made it his mission to find the hundreds of missing teenagers who have fallen victim to the country’s brutal gang conflict. In Of kites and Borders, the film is made through the eyes of four working children in the city of Tijuana; we see the daily struggles of children living on the U.S-Mexico border. Finally, in Life on the Line, an eleven-year-old girl, Kimberly Torrez, finds her family separated by the U.S./Mexico border while her mother awaits a visa and her father awaits a liver transplant.
The SF DocFest will be June 5-19. For more info, visit www.sfindie.com or contact DocFest at 415-820-3907
The Mexican Museum is going to be part of the Yerba Buena Art Walk
The Mexican Museum will be participating in theYerba Buena Art Walk, the 7th annual spring art event hosted by the Yerba Buena Alliance. The full-afternoon event offers a colorful and creative array of exhibits, artists talks, receptions, wine tastings, and other events, all presented by the many art exhibitions, galleries, and institutions in the Yerba Buena neighborhood.
The Yerba Buena Art Walk is located between Market and Harrison and 2nd and 5th Streets in downtown San Francisco and this event will be taking place on Saturday, June 7, 2014
The Lariat, a new opera by Lisa Scola Prosek
The Center for Contemporary Opera, San Francisco International Arts Festival and Scolavox are pleased to present the first public rendition of the score and libretto of a new opera titled The Lariat.
The libretto created in collaboration with the Costanoan/Ohlone Esselen Nation of Monterey County will be in both the English and Esselen languages. The opera reveals intimate cultural details and beliefs of the Esselen tribe of Big Sur as its people face the influx of Spanish Missions towards the end of the 18th Century. The opera depicts the difficult relationship between the Missionaries and the Esselen and the gulf between the two religious worlds.
The show would be on Saturday, June 21, at 7 p.m., at Un-Scripted Theatre. 533 Sutter Street (Second Floor). San Francisco. Tickets: $15 General Admission.
