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NYC : Make/shift recLAmation tour Barnard Tonite
8:12 am By Maegan La Mala · Events|media justice|Movies|New York City|Women · 1 Comment
14 Oct 2010
I am beyond honored and excited to be participating in the NYC leg of the Make/shift recLAmation tour, tonight at Barnard Hall, 6:30 pm, James Room, 4th Floor.
I will be sharing space with Adele Nieves, Hilary Goldberg, Jessica Hoffmann, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, y Mariana Ruiz
And don’t stress if you can’t come tonight…we’re doing it all over again on Saturday at Bluestockings.
Miercoles Movie : Face the Truth, Racial Profiling in the United States
6:36 am By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|Justice|Media|Movies · 1 Comment
29 Sep 2010Here at VivirLatino, We have written about racial profiling, especially the impact it has had on Latino immigrant communities and how racial profiling by both local and federal law enforcement across the United States has helped to foster anti-immigrant violence by civilians.
The Restore Fairness campaign and the Rights Working Group, have just released a documentary short, Face the Truth, showcasing the devastating impact of racial profiling on communities around our country, including the African American, Latino, Arab, Muslim and South Asian communities.
The documentary brings to life a new report by the Rights Working Group released along with 275 local and national partners on the one year anniversary of the Face the Truth campaign to end racial profiling. Both the documentary and the report urge Congress to pass the End Racial Profiling Act (ERPA), highlighted in a Congressional briefing on Thursday, September 30th in Washington D.C.
Face the Truth: Racial Profiling Across America from Breakthrough on Vimeo.
Sorry Nativists, These Are Not the Race Riots You’ve Been Waiting For
7:26 am By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|Los Angeles|Movies|race|Violence · 5 Comments
10 Sep 2010
When Bianca Laureano posted her review of Robert Rodriguez’s Machete here on VivirLatino, one Facebook fan/friend asked if we had heard about the “race riots” that some were claiming the film was going to cause. I admit I laughed aloud because, no I hadn’t heard about the riots (maybe my invite got lost in the mail) and because it was a ridiculous notion that because Latinos went to see a film that suddenly we would all take to the streets with machetes and start slicing and dicing. I won’t even touch how stereotypical and racist the idea is. As if there weren’t REAL reasons for Latino communities across the country to get pissed and take to the streets (which isn’t the same as rioting).
And lo and behold….nativist organizations, hate organizations and yes anti-immigrant and anti-Latino organizations are taking the protests of community members in Los Angeles, protests that legitimately question the police killing of an indigenous Guatemalan man, Manuel Jamines, and calling those protests the L.A. Machete Riots.
VL At The Cine: Machete
6:38 pm By BiancaLaureano · Arts|Immigration|Movies · 8 Comments
2 Sep 2010
***SPOILERS***
I’ve been waiting for Machete to hit theaters for a long time. When SB1070 had been signed into law, I remember the film trailer being a hit and reaching various communities of practice within days. One of the reasons the trailer became so popular is because there is a social commentary woven into one of the first Latino superhero films. Check out the trailer below:
In a small room filled of mostly men, I was one of maybe three people whose gender expression and identity I read as women. It’s not often we see character actors of Color gain leading roles. We did see Samuel L. Jackson emerge from such a space, but it is a rarity. One of the many reasons I’ve wanted to see Machete was because of lead Danny Trejo. If you don’t know who Danny Trejo is I really don’t know what to tell you about yourself. He’s been in as many films as James Edward Olmos but rarely gets the recognition, which he seems all right with. I’ve noticed that many character actors feel this way and are happy to be able to get work on a regular basis. Trejo does play the same character in many of his roles, but that’s why I love him: he don’t play. He plays himself and I believe he can murder someone with his bare knuckles even if he is tied to a chair.
Almodóvar On Broadway
11:16 am By BiancaLaureano · Arts|Movies|Music|New York City · 2 Comments
30 Aug 2010
Pedro Almodóvar’s film Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown has now become a Broadway musical with tickets on sale today at 10am. Beginning October 2, the press release announces the cast and states:
Now, WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN is a new musical based on the film. LCT’s Resident Director, Bartlett Sher, still happily reeling from his achievement on South Pacific, leads the extraordinary collaborators Jeffrey Lane (book) and David Yazbek (music and lyrics). Lane and Yazbek, the team behind Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, have taken Almodóvar’s tale and infused it with their own wry, comic style and an irresistible Spanish beat. Four celebrated designers will join them — Michael Yeargan (sets), Catherine Zuber (costumes), Brian MacDevitt (lighting) and Scott Lehrer (sound).
Both touching and hilarious, it’s a story about women and the men who pursue them… finding them, losing them, needing them, and rejecting them. At the center is Pepa (Sherie Rene Scott) whose friends and lovers are blazing a trail through 1980s Madrid. And why do they all keep showing up at her high-rise apartment? Gazpacho anyone?
Along with Pepa, there’s her missing (possibly philandering) lover, Ivan (Brian Stokes Mitchell); his ex-wife of questionable sanity, Lucia (Patti LuPone); Pepa’s friend, Candela (Laura Benanti), and her terrorist boyfriend; a power-suited lawyer (de’Adre Aziza) plus a taxi driver (Danny Burstein) who dispenses tissues, mints and advice in equal proportion. Mayhem and comic madness abound, balanced by the empathy and heart that are trademarks of Almodóvar’s work. And of Bartlett Sher’s too.
Remaining cast to be announced. Read more…
Monday Morning Movie : La Nana
30 Aug 2010This past weekend I finally got to sit down and watch via Netflix, Sebastian Silva’s award winning film, la Nana, about a maid in an upper middle class Chilean household and her relationship with the family she works for, her own family, others and herself. Before I get into the nitty gritty here’s a preview.
14th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival
9:31 am By BiancaLaureano · Los Angeles|Movies · 1 Comment
11 Jun 2010Mark your calendars for the 14th Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival! Beginning Thursday August 19 and ending Wednesday August 25, 2010 in Hollywood, CA at the Chinese 6 Mann Cinemas. The mission of LALIFF is:
LALIFF presents feature films, documentaries, shorts and special side bar screenings. The films presented at the festival showcase a wide variety of themes by Latino filmmakers, producers, writers and actors, as well as movies that depict Latino culture. It is a competitive festival with prizes and a venue where filmmakers come together with buyers and distributors. Our Industry Office facilitates meetings and keeps a video library for Hollywood executives. LALIFF also offers industry workshops, panels, labs, networking receptions, educational programs, and hosts some of the best Galas in tinsel town. We hope you will join us!
If you cannot afford to attend the screenings consider volunteering! They are especially looking for volunteers who are bilingual. Check out the call for volunteers here.
9500 Liberty In AZ Theaters
4:54 pm By BiancaLaureano · arizona|Immigration|Movies · 1 Comment
29 Apr 2010
Last summer Mala shared with us a trailer for the film 9500 Liberty about Virginia’s Prince William County’s Anti-Immigration legislation acts that she saw at Netroots (which she is also seeking to attend this year so go vote for her to get a scholarship to attend!). She wrote:
On Day 2, I decided to make a more concerted effort to attend panels and events related to immigration and to meet up with some of the other immigrant blogger scholarship winners. After some morning blogging, it was to a lunch time screening of 9500 Liberty.
The independently made documentary by Annabel Park and Eric Byler takes the audience through Virginia’s Prince William County’s anti-immigrant and anti-Latino legislative actions and the protests against them. I thought it was really important for people to see how local initiatives across the country help add to the wider anti-immigrant rhetoric. It was also interesting to see how in progressive spaces, lip service can be paid to bloggers of color, specifically Latinos, while the hustle and dance is all about self-promotion and marketing.
Earlier this week my homegirl Elena, who lives in Surprise, Arizona, sent me an email announcing the premire of the film in Tempe, Avondale, and Scotsdale, AZ this week. Below is the screening information as it hits theaters tomorrow, Friday:
9500 LIBERTY
Tempe, AZ
9500 Liberty Theatrical Premiere
Starts Friday, April 30, 2010
Showtimes 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:00*, 9:00*
Harkins Harkins Valley Art Theater
509 S Mill Ave.
Tempe, AZ 85281-3607
(480) 829-6666
* Director Eric Byler in person for Q&A after these shows on Opening Night,
Friday, April 30.Avondale, AZ
9500 Liberty Theatrical Premiere
Starts Friday, April 30, 2010
Showtimes 10:00, 12:30*, 3:00*, 5:30*, 8:00, 10:30
Harkins Harkins Gateway Pavilions 18
10250 W. McDowell Road
Avondale, AZ 85323
(623) 478-9411
Director Eric Byler in person for Q&A on Sunday, May 2.Scottsdale, AZ
9500 Liberty Theatrical Premiere
Starts Friday, April 30, 2010
Showtimes 10:40, 1:20*, 4:15*, 7:15*, 10:00
Harkins Harkins Scottsdale/101 Theatre
7000 E Mayo Blvd
Phoenix, AZ 85054
(480) 538-1707
Director Eric Byler in person for Q&A on Saturday, May 1.
I think the screening is coming at a very important time and if you are in the area please attend if you can. Both of the directors will be present to discuss the film on Friday evening. There also seems to have been an extended trailer that was created which is posted below.
VL (sorta) At The Cine: Orgasm, Inc.
9:28 pm By BiancaLaureano · Health|Movies|Women · 3 Comments
28 Apr 2010
I recently reviewed a film called Orgasm, Inc.: The Strange Science Of Female Pleasure whic I reviewed for the site RH Reality Check. The topics discussed are ones that I believe need to be ocurring in as many spaces as possible, hence a semi-cross posting here at VL.
The film synopsis as listed on the website reads:
In the shocking and hilarious documentary ORGASM INC., filmmaker Liz Canner takes a job editing erotic videos for a drug trial for a pharmaceutical company. Her employer is developing what they hope will be the first Viagra drug for women that wins FDA approval to treat a new disease: Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD). Liz gains permission to film the company for her own documentary. Initially, she plans to create a movie about science and pleasure but she soon begins to suspect that her employer, along with a cadre of other medical companies, might be trying to take advantage of women (and potentially endanger their health) in pursuit of billion dollar profits. ORGASM INC. is a powerful look inside the medical industry and the marketing campaigns that are literally and figuratively reshaping our everyday lives around health, illness, desire — and that ultimate moment: orgasm.
Check out the film trailer below
VL At The Cine: Repo Men
2:02 pm By BiancaLaureano · Movies · 4 Comments
23 Mar 2010
***Spoiler Alert***
Disclaimer: This is a review of the 2010 film Repo Men ONLY. For a discussion/review of similarities between this film and Repo! The Genetic Opera visit this piece here.
I had not heard or seen any advertisements for this film when I was invited to a screening, thus I did not know what to expect. Think Blade Runner meets Soylent Green meets Wall-E . It’s a futuristic tale that was difficult to watch, triggered many memories and emotions, and left me with little hope. It was an interesting film to have released during this historic time as President Obama signs the health care reform bill.
A film about two men, friends from childhood, Remy (Jude Law) and Jake (Forest Whitaker) who have a dangerous job of repossessing robotic body parts sick people have purchased to help them remain alive. Yes you read correctly, Remy and Jake cut out the robotic organs keeping people alive because they have fallen back on the payments of the parts. But then, when Remy has an on-the-job accident and needs a heart transplant, he finds himself on the other end of the repossession experience.
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