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Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Sherwood Auditorium
700 Prospect Street, La Jolla, CA 92037-4291
$5 members/students/seniors/military; $7 non-members
Evenings at 7:30p.m.,
(858) 454.3541
A special presentation of Media Arts Center San Diego / SDLFF2001
Luminarias
1999, USA, 101 min, 35mm. English
Directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela
Luminarias written by Evelina Fernandez, sets out to examine the contemporary struggle of women with identity, independence, sexuality and prejudices through these women's foibles and sometimes humorous life experiences. Their ground zero is Luminarias, the place where they come to drink margaritas, "dish", cry and pinch the cute waiter's butt. Luminarias is full tilt boogie fun. It's a chance to catch up with our sisters and the rest of our universal family, but it is not the Latina Waiting to Exhale, no diss meant to Whitney and her girlfriends. Make no mistake, Luminarias is quintessentially Latina; From the proud vibrant design of Patssi Valdez' sets and costumes, to the knowing glances that only a veterana's brown eyes can send. It's all about the wonderful, smart, talented and beautiful ladies of Luminarias. Featuring: Evelina Fernandez (American Me), Marta DuBois, Angela Moya, Seidy Lopez, Lupe Ontiveros, Liz Torres, Robert Beltran, Sal Lopez. Cheech Marin, Mike Gomez, and Scott Bakula. To read more visit New Latin Pictures.
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Americanos
Latino Life in the United States
1999, USA, 80 minutes, 35mm, Documentary Feature
Directed by Susan Todd & Andrew Young
Produced by Nick Athas & Edward James Olmos
The representation of Latinos has come a long way from the days of Ricky Ricardo, Charo, and big sombreros. Today we are finally seeing positive media images of Americanos/Latinos who are transforming the face of modern America by making contributions to popular entertainment, politics,and the digitized business world. "Americanos" celebrates this long-deserved recognition with poignant stories about some very compelling characters. From the first Latina in the President's cabinet, to wonderful portraits (in black velvet of course) of local celebrities/heroes El Vez and the Taco Shop Poets this award-winning documentary entertains us with very modern tales of social change in all of its colorful immediacy. "Americanos" was superbly photographed (by Co-director Andrew Young) and won the Best Cinematography / Documentary Film prize at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.
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