[Author]Compiled by El Reportero’s staff[/Author]
The San Francisco International Film Festival this year specially features the program New Voices in Latin American Cinema, which brings stories from different corners of the world (All About the Feathers from Costa Rica and Bad Hair from Venezuela) to screen in San Francisco.
All About the Feathers: An impoverished security guard struggles to care for his new fighting rooster. Slyly absurdist and quietly observational.
Bad Hair: A 10-year-old boy’s desire to straighten his kinky hair causes outsized conflict with his unemployed, harassed single mother.
All About the Feathers: BAM/Pacific Film Archives, Berkeley. April 25, 6:30 — Sundance Kabuki Cinema, San Francisco. April 27, 8:45 and April 29, 6:15. Bad Hair: Sundance Kabuki Cinema, San Francisco. May 1, 9:15— New People Cinema, San Francisco. May 4, 6:15— BAM/Pacific Film Archives, Berkeley. May 7, 6:30.
Buy tickets online at: festival.sffs.org. Win 2 Tickets: Send name, phone #, & preferred film & screening time to programming@SFLatinoFilmFestival.com.
Open call for: Entries for next yr’s festival: Accepted through May 10.
Open Call for: Volunteers & interns volunteers@SFLatinoFilmFestival.com.
Please consider: A monthly tax-deductible gift to the community, which may be matched by your employer to double your contribution.
Our rainbow-streaked streets: The Mission District Series art exhibition at Alley Cat
Anthony Holdsworth has made it his mission to depict the Mission— the colorful streets and personality of the people— in vibrant portraits of paint.
Stop by the exhibition at Alley Cat Books Gallery, 3036 24th Street, S.F. now to April 28.
San Francisco Cinco de Mayo Celebration returns to the heart of the Mission District
The San Francisco Cinco de Mayo celebration will return to the heart of the Mission District on Valencia Street. Mission Neighborhood Centers’ tenth annual Cinco de Mayo, an alcoholfree, family friendly celebration is being planned on one of the Mission’s new trendy, main thoroughfares, occupying Valencia Street.
The celebration will showcase the very best of Mexican and Latin American cultures with a diverse array of Mexican and Latino foods, music, dance and artistry for the entire family to enjoy. Attendees will enjoy rich cultural experiences and activities focused on retaining cultural traditions in its community.
Over 75 vendors will participate providing their delicious, diverse foods, showcasing their arts and crafts and empowering the multi-cultural community through greater awareness of their products and services. Proceeds from the event benefit Mission Neighborhood Centers, who has been providing multi-generational, multi-cultural safetynet services to children, youth, seniors and families throughout San Francisco for over fifty-five years. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and is within walking distance from the 24th Street BART and easily accessible via MUNI.
At Valencia Street between 21st and 24th Streets, San Francisco. May 5, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
