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$40.00 DOCUMANIA PASS - Click here to Purchase Online! 
The truth is stranger than fiction! For those lovers of docs, this pass will get you into FIVE of the feature film documentaries below of your choice for only $40.00. The value of this experience is priceless. Act now. A $52 value!

FILMS & SCREENING DATES:

Buscando a Larisa
TUES 3/12 / 5:30 / S2
SUN 3/17 / 1:00 / DGC
Dir. Andrés Pardo
(México, 79 min., 2012)
Director Andres Pardo stumbles upon 2,000 feet of super 8 home movies at a flea market and becomes intrigued with the subject of the home movies (shot
between 1970 and 1980) a blonde curly haired little girl named Larisa. Without a name or location, he begins the long journey of tracking down Larisa and unraveling the mystery of how these precious family memories came to be discarded in the first place.

La Camioneta: The Journey of one American School Bus
SUN 3/10 / 12:30 / S2
WED 3/13 / 8:30 / S1
Dir: Mark Kendall
(USA, Guatemala, 72 min., 2012)
Every day dozens of decommissioned school buses leave the United States on a southward migration that carries them to Guatemala, where they are repaired, repainted, and resurrected as the brightly-colored camionetas that bring the vast majority of Guatemalans to work each day. “La Camioneta” follows one such bus on its transformative journey: a journey between North and South, between life and death, and through an unfolding collection of moments, people, and places that serve to quietly remind us of the interconnected worlds in which we live.

Canícula
SUN 3/10 / 3:30/ DGC
SUN 3/17 12:00/ S6
Dir. José Álvarez
(México, 70 min., (2011)
Employing an intimate, patient approach, director Jose Álvarez transports us to a small village in Zapotal, Santa Cruz, where the Totonac people live. An engrossing ethnographic work, “Canícula” is a study of the rich cultural heritage and traditions of the Totonac, who have resided in this region for thousands of years. Beautifully photographed, this documentary features rare footage of the incredible “voladores” ritual (“the flying dance”), named an Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.

Caos en la ciudad
SUN 3/17 / 2:00/ S7
Dir. Enrique Pérez
(Panamá, 53 min., 2012)
In Panama City, skyscrapers along the waterfront have multiplied virtually overnight, rising higher than ever before. The city’s population has grown exponentially. The roads are constantly congested because they can’t contain the growing number of cars. Such is life in a rapidly growing new metropolis, where expansion often comes at the mercy of the least fortunate. With an eye for social justice, Pérez chronicles these changes in what could easily be a companion piece to last year’s DSLFF Audience Award winner, “Paraíso for Sale.”

Las Carpetas
TUES 3/12 / 10:15 / S2
THURS 3/14 / 5:30 / S2
Dir: Maite Rivera Carbonell
(Puerto Rico, 74 min., 2012)
In the late 1980′s, Puerto Rico’s police department, along with the FBI, kept covert surveillance over supposed government subversives. The data they gathered was logged in “las carpetas,” or files. This powerful documentary chronicles the lives of the victims as well as the agents involved. Their insightful testimony exposes the wide reach of the operation and the profound impact it had on their lives. With “Las carpetas,” director Maite Rivera Carbonell has assembled a powerful indictment of one of Puerto Rico’s most shameful periods in history.

Colombianos
SAT 3/16 / 1:00 / S1
Dir. Tora Mårtens
(Sweden/Colombia, 90 min., 2012)
Fernando’s life in Stockholm seems to be going nowhere. He is struggling with substance abuse and his despairing mother, Olga, wants him to go and spend time with his older brother Pablo in Colombia. Pablo has a plan on how to get Fernando clean in six months, but is Fernando ready to make a change? The painful effects of addiction take their toll as the once-enthusiastic Pablo gradually multiple award-winning jewel, is an intimate portrait of two brothers who are no match against a much stronger foe.

Con mi corazón en Yambo
SAT 3/16 / 12:00/ S6
THURS 3/14 / 8:30 / DGC
Dir. María Fernanda Restrepo
(Ecuador, 137 min., 2011)
“The only battle you lose is the one you abandon. These kinds of battles are battles that will last all your life,” says the father of director Fernanda Restrepo, who marches each Wednesday on Quito’s presidential square to demand answers for the disappearance of his two teenage sons during Ecuador’s dictatorship. In this intensely personal documentary, Restrepo recounts her family’s story, and the story of a nation still scarred from the effects of a brutal regime.

Gimme the Power
SUN 3/10 / 12:00 / S6
WED 3/13 / 6:30 / DGC
Dir. Olallo Rubio
(México, 101 min., 2012)
This “rockumentary” about the Mexican rock band Molotov takes a decisively different approach from most band documentaries. It is as much a profile of the influential band as it is a funny and eye-opening account of the recent political changes in Mexico. While on this journey, we see how the political and social climate in Mexico has informed the band’s radical music throughout the years. Obviously, the music is great but the film also does Molotov justice with a sharp and kaleidoscopic visual assault. With Sergio Arau, Alex Lora, and past and present members of Molotov.

Harvest of Empire
SAT 3/16 / 6:00 / S1
Dir. Peter Getzels, Eduardo López
USA, 90 min., 2012
At a time of heated and divisive debate over immigration, Harvest of Empire examines the direct connection between the long history of U.S. intervention in Latin America and the immigration crisis we face today. Based on the groundbreaking book by award-winning journalist Juan González, Harvest of Empire takes an unflinching look at the role that U.S. economic and military interests played in triggering an unprecedented wave of migration that is transforming our nation’s cultural and economic landscape. Featuring Junot Díaz, Geraldo Rivera, and singer Luis Enrique.

Havana Muda
SAT 3/9 / 2:30 / S2
Dir. Eric Brach
(Cuba , 70 min., 2010)
The story of an especially odd love triangle between Chino,a deaf mute in Havana, his mute wife, and his male lover far away in Mexico, who promises to support the family financially. This love affair turns into something quite unexpected in Eric Brach’s beautifully observed documentary about class and sexuality.

El Paciente interno
SUN 3/10 / 5:00 / S6
SAT 3/16 / 3:30 / DGC
Dir. Alejandro Solar.
(Mexico, 90 min., 2012)
A failed assassination attempt on the life of Mexican president Gustavo Díaz Ordaz in order to avenge the Tlatalolco massacre of 1968, leaves Carlos Casteñeda subject to brutal retaliation from one the most repressive regimes in Mexican History. Forty years on, having survived this terrible ordeal, he is reduced to a vagrant, wandering the streets of Mexico City. His story is the focus of this haunting documentary by Alejandro Solar. U.S. Premiere

El Salvavidas (The Lifeguard)
SUN 3/10 / 3:00 / S6
Dir. Maite Alberdi)
(Chile, 70 min., 2011)
Mauricio, a lifeguard in Chile, is the best in his trade — a dedicated enforcer of the rules and regulations that govern the beach. Unfortunately, the crowds that arrive during the summer – and even some of his colleagues – could care less. They’re on vacation, after all. Thus begins Mauricio’s funny and even suspenseful documentary. First-time filmmaker Maite Alberdi brings it all to life with a vibrant palette, a keenly observant eye, and a great sense of humor.

Silvio Rodríguez: Ojalá
MON 3/11 / 10:00 / S6
SUN 3/17 / 3:30 / DGC
Dir. Nicolás García
(Spain, Cuba, 72 min., (2012)
A hugely influential figure in Cuba and Latin America, singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez is profiled in this original documentary that mixes candid interviews with beautiful performances of his “nueva trova” classics. Filmed during a tour of small barrios of his native Cuba, Rodríguez muses about the Cuban Revolution, his creative process, his unique collaboration with Cuban-great Pablo Milanés, and even his interest in collecting every live recording ever made of his songs. A must-see for both seasoned fans and the uninitiated, Silvio Rodríguez: Ojalá shows why his lyrically ambitious and soulful songs have earned him comparisons to John Lennon and Bob Dylan.

¡Vivan las Antipodas!
SUN 3/17 / 2:30 / S2
Dir. Victor Kossakovsky -
Germany, Argentina, Chile, Netherlands (2011) 107 min.
Award-winning director Kassokovskis lyrical film explores four coupled antipodes (points on the earth diametrically opposite one another). Contrasting scenes of rural Argentina with the bustling streets of Shanghai, people living in a wasteland opposite those living next to a volcano, this gorgeous visual feast reveals places that seem mythically connected somehow by their very oppositeness.

Tickets: $10.50 General Admission / $8.50 Students, Seniors & Members.

Or for $40.00 DOCUMANIA PASS - Click here to Purchase Online! 
The truth is stranger than fiction! For those lovers of docs, this pass will get you into FIVE feature film documentaries of your choice for only $40.00. The value of this experience is priceless. Act now. A $52 value!