media kit - Gainesville Latino Film Festival
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media kit - Gainesville Latino Film Festival
WELCOME / BIENVENIDOS! DEAR GAINESVILLE LATINO FILM FESTIVAL FRIENDS, As part of our continued commitment to provide an excellent Festival journey, each year we explore new ways for you to more easily discover the program’s brand new films, and fresh voices. This program Guide, presents all of the info for the films on the 2016 Festival. The Guide will present our film lineup, musical performances, events and sponsor activities. Also you can check out webpage www.GainesvilleLatinoFilmFestival.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter. We look forward to seeing you all in September celebrating the Latino/ Hispanic Heritage Month at the 12th Gainesville Latino Film Festival, 2016. Victoria Victoria Condor-Williams GLFF Director Contigo Pan y Cebolla Pequeno Poema em Prata Anima / Spirit Camal / Slaughterhouse La mar brava Manchinery Latina Women’s League Mission The Latina Women’s League’s (LWL) strives to promote the educational, personal and cultural advancement of the Latino community of Alachua County. In 2004 LWL was established as a women-led non-profit organization to serve as a forum for the discussion of the experiences of Latina women living in Alachua County. The organization quickly grew to bridge the gap of Alachua County’s underserved Latino and Hispanic community, by providing much needed civic, cultural and bilingual family programs. Gainesville Latino Film (GLFF) Festival Project The Gainesville Latino Film Festival (GLFF), initiated in 2005, celebrates Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month by bringing together people of all ages for free film screenings, discussions, musical performances, art exhibits, documentaries and shorts that highlight Hispanic/Latino contributions to the arts. 2016 GLFF Committee Members Victoria Condor-Williams Ileana McCray Director Managing Coordinator Olga Rivera Lillian Guevara Castro Andrea Cabassa Miskimen Allison Drexler LWL Treasurer Public Relations Coordinator Programming Coordinator & Publicity Materials Coordinator Marketing Coordinator Nathaly Ruiz Clara Sotelo Amelia Dempere Eliveth Grossteffon Sarah L. Pattison Gisselle Bermudez Carla Moure Programming Coordinator Assistant Assistant Coordinator Social Media Coordinator Venue and Events Coordinator Opening Night Coordinator Closing Night Coordinator Assistant Coordinator Andrea Medina Volunteer Andrea Schuster Volunteer MAIN VENUES The festival screenings and events will take place in the followings venues. Harn Museum – Chandler Auditorium 3259 Hull Road Gainesville, FL 32611 E-Theater Santa Fe College Northwest Campus, 3000 NW 83rd St The festival screenings and events will take place in the followings venues. The Wooly 25 S.E. 2nd Pl, Gainesville, Fl 32601 Thomas Center 302 N.E. 6th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601 UF Institute of Hispanic/Latino Culture, La Casita 1504 W. University Ave. Gainesville, FL. 32603 UF Smathers Library East 208 Smathers Library University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611-7005 UF Florida Museum of Natural History 3215 Hull Road Gainesville, FL 32611-2710 Bo Diddley Community Plaza. Downtown Gainesville Matheson History Museum 513 E University Avenue Gainesville FL 32601 Library Partnership Branch | Alachua County Library District 1130 NE 16th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601 Cone Park Branch Library| Alachua County Library District 2801 E. University Ave. Gainesville, FL 32641 Reitz Union Grand Ballroom, University of Florida 686 Museum Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611 12th GAINESVILLE LATINO FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE, SEPTEMBER 2016* Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 3 5 6 7 8 9 7:00PM E-Theatre, SF College Film: El Regreso /The Return COSTA RICA 10 10:00AM – 1:00AM Florida Museum of Natural History FAMILY EVENT: Greeting from the Andes & CAMINANDES SHORT FILMS: Llamigos, Gran Dillama, Llama Drama Sept 8 –Oct 15 Cone Park Branch EXHIBIT “Unity Through Culture”, Latin American Craft 6:30PM Harn Museum GLFF OPENING NIGHT FILM: Paraíso/ Paradise MEXICO 2:00PM SF College E-Theatre, SF College FILM: El Salvador: Cuatro Puntos Cardinales / El Salvador: Four Cardinal Points EL SALVADOR 7:00PM SF College E-Theatre, SF College FILM: Un Amigo Inesperado CUBA 11 3:00PM Matheson Museum FILM: Vacaciones en Familia Family Vacation CHILE 18 3:00PM Matheson Museum FILM: Que Horas Ela Volta? | The Second Mother BRAZIL 12 7:00PM-9:00pm The Wooly CINExperimental SHORT FILMS: Anima/ Spirit ARTENTINA Camal/ SalughterhouseECUADOR Amor FugitivoARGENTINA La mar brava – PERÚ Manchinery – PERÚ Pequeno Poema em Prata – BRAZIL 19 7:00PM-9:00pm The Wooly FILM: Quien paga la cuenta/ Who pays the bill? HONDURAS 13 7:00PM UF Institute of Hispanic/Latino Culture / La Casita FILM: Desastres naturales/ Natural Disasters CHILE 20 7:00PM UF Institute of Hispanic/Latino Culture /La Casita FILM: Un Amigo Inesperado CUBA 14 7:00PM UF Smathers Library (East) FILM: Papita, Mani, Toston / Take me out VENEZUELA 21 7:00PM- 9:00PM UF Smathers Library (East) Film: Viejos Amigos / Good old boys PERU 15 5:30PM UF Smathers Library (East) LECTURE War and the Neoliberal Condition: Death and Vulnerability in Contemporary Mexico 7:00PM Thomas Center FILM: Wakolda/ The German Doctor ARGENTINA 16 6:00PM- 8:00PM 22 7:00PM- 9:00PM The Wooly FILM: Cómo ganar enemigos/ How to win enemies ARGENTINA 23 8:00PM –10:00PM Bo Diddley Community Plaza MUSICAL EVENT- SALSA CONCERT Gilberto de Paz & TROPIX UF Reitz Union Grand Ballroom EVENT Light the Night, Hispanic Heritage Month UF 7:00PM E-Theatre, SF College FILM: Llévate mis Amores/ All of me MEXICO 17 2:00 PM E- Theatre, SF College FILM: Silencio en la tierra de los sueños/ Silence in Dreamland ECUADOR 7:00PM E- Theatre, SF College FILM: O Candidato Honesto / The Honest Candidate BRAZIL 24 11:00AM Library Partnership Branch FAMILY EVENT- CUENTOS (Bilingual story time): La selva tiene sed / The Jungle is Thirsty 7:00PM CLOSING NIGHT FILM Thomas Center FILM: La vaca/ Holy cow GUATEMALA Harn Museum – Chandler Auditorium Univeristy of Florida, Smathers Library (Library East) University of Florida, Institute of Hispanic/Latino Culture, La Casita The Wooly The Historic Thomas Center Matheson Museum E-Theatre Santa Fe College Florida Museum of Natural History Bo Diddley Community Plaza.Downtown Library Partnership Branch Cone Park Branch 2801 E. University Ave. Gainesville, FL 32641 UF Reitz Union Grand Ballroom 686 Museum Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611 *SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE SPECIAL EVENTS VENUES – ALL EVENTS ARE FREE GLFF OPENING NIGHT FILM SEPTEMBER 08 @ 6:30PM Celebrating Mexican Films Paraíso Paradise Harn Museum of Art – Chandler Auditorium Special guest, actress, Daniela Rincón in attendance. Director, Mariana Chenillo Actress, Daniela Rincón CLOSING NIGHT FILM SEPTEMBER 24 @ 7:00PM Celebrating Guatemalan Films LA VACA HOLY COW The Historic Thomas Center, Gainesville, FL The GLFF Closing Night: includes film screen, and closing reception. Film introduction by Dr. Antonio Sajid López Director, Mendel Samayoa SCREENING SCHEDULE Please plan to arrive as early as possible to improve your chances of admission. We recommend arriving 30 minutes early to your screening. TUESDAY, SEPT 08 @ 6:30PM Harn Museum - Chandler Auditorium Paraíso / Paradise Director Mariana Chenillo •MEXICO, 2013• 105 min • Spanish with English Subtitles •Rate: Some nudity• Cast: Andres Alameida, Daniela Rincon, Camila Selser, Beatriz Moreno, Jose SYNOPSIS In this charming Mexican love story, a young couple moves to the big city for his job and discovers a blatant bias against them because of their weight. When he begrudgingly follows her lead in losing weight, then exceeds her success, comedy and pathos ensue as their relationship unravels. This film poignantly explores the issues of self-esteem, physical appearances, and the nature of love. Film Introduction and Q& A by Actress Daniela Rincón THURSDAY, SEPT 9 @7:00pm E-Theater, Santa Fe College El Regreso /The Return Director, Hernán Jiménez • COSTA RICA • 2012 • 102 min •Spanish with English Subtitles• Rate: • Cast: Andre Boxwill, Fernando Chironi, Monserrat Montero Cole, Luis Rodrigo Duran, Luis Fernando Gomez, Rodolfo Gonzalez, Bárbara Jimenez, Hernán Jiménez, Daniel Ross Mix Film Introduction and Q& A by Dr, Tace Hedrick The Return is the story of a delightful and life-changing journey back to Costa Rica. After living 10 years in New York, 30-year-old Antonio returns to San José where he is forced to deal with the realities he ran away from. He is welcomed by his intense sister, Amanda, whose husband recently abandoned her, and their young son Inti, who is apprehensive about Antonio’s presence. When things take an unexpected turn, Antonio is forced to remain home far longer than he had anticipated. Add in the comedy of Antonio finding out that his best friend is the lead singer of a death metal rock band and sprinkle in the rekindling of a childhood romance and you have the ingredients of a superb film FAMILY ANIMATE SHORTS FILMS SATURDAY, SEPT 10, 10:00am – 1:00pm Florida Museum of Natural History Caminandes: Llamigos NETHERLANDS• 2016• 2min• Animation, Comedy• Spanish with English subtitles •Director: Pablo Vazquez •Team: Francesco Siddi, Hjalti Hjálmarsson, Andy Goralczyk, Sarah Laufer, Juan Pablo Bouza, Matias Mendiola, Sergey Shrybin, Torin Borrowdale, Sander Houtman Caminandes: Gran Dillama Experience the Patagonian winter, where Koro has to struggle and fight to get one berry. But this time, he is not alone! Koro’s next adventure is here! It’s winter in Patagonia, food is getting scarce. Koro the Llama engages with Oti the pesky penguin, in an epic fight over that last tasty berry. A young llama named Koro discovers that the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence). NETHERLANDS• 2013•3min, •Animation, Comedy, Family •Spanish with English subtitles •Director: Pablo Vazquez, •Team: Francesco Siddi, Hjalti Hjálmarsson, Andy Goralczyk, Sarah Laufer, Juan Pablo Bouza, Matias Mendiola, Sergey Shrybin, Torin Borrowdale, Sander Houtman Jan Morgenstern, Beorn Leonard Llama Drama NETHERLANDS• 2013•2min •Animation, Comedy, Family • Spanish with English subtitles •Director: Pablo Vazquez, •Team: Francesco Siddi, Hjalti Hjálmarsson, Andy Goralczyk, Sarah Laufer, Juan Pablo Bouza, Matias Mendiola, Sergey Shrybin, Torin Borrowdale, Sander Houtman, Jan Morgenstern, Beorn Leonard Koro wants to get to the other side of the road. SATURDAY, SEPT 10 @ 2:00PM E-Theatre, Santa Fe College EL Salvador: Cuatro Puntos Cardinales / El Salvador: Four Cardinal Points Director, Javier Kafie • EL SALVADOR • 2014 • 55 min• Spanish with English Subtitles• Rate: Film Introduction and Q& A by Andrea Holbrook SATURDAY, SEPT 10 @ 7:00PM E-Theatre, Santa Fe College The Four Cardinal Points is a documentary project that aspires to portray four moving stories from northern, southern, eastern and western parts of this Central American country. The objective is to show the cultural, social and ecological diversity of the region - and to create a film that distances itself from media discourses characteristic of Central America often monopolized by violence. From communities near the sea where surf is practiced up to coffee fields, from former guerrilla zones all the way to craft towns. There are lots to see and tell in a such a small country! A Biracial couple confronts the prejudices caused by their union. Un Amigo Inesperado/ An Unexpected Friend Richard Abella •CUBA•2010 •72 min • Spanish with English Subtitles • Rate: Film Introduction and Q& A by Dr. Clara Sotelo SUNDAY, SEPT 11 @ 3:00PM Matheson History Museum Vacaciones En Familia / Family Vacation Director, Ricardo Carrasco • CHILE •2014 • 90 min • Spanish with English Subtitles• Rate: • Cast: María Izquierdo, Julio Milostich, Maricarmen Arrigorriaga, Marcial Edwards, Sergio Hernández, Gabriela Medina, Juan Pablo Miranda, Eugenio Morales, Silvia Santelices Film Introduction and Q& A by Dr. Rosana Resende The Kelly family once enjoyed an affluent lifestyle but have recently fallen on hard times. Despite this reality, they continue to maintain an air of aristocracy about them. They go so far as to lie to their neighbors about their vacation plans, telling them they’ll be spending their summer in Brazil. However, when obligated to follow through with their lie, they find themselves creating a fictionalized vacation that causes more trouble than they bargained for. This entertaining romp from Chile will have you wanting more of this epically terrible family. CINExperimental MONDAY, SEPT 12 @ 7:00pm The Wooly Anima/ Spirit Director, Clara Frias • ARGENTINA•2015 • 6’36” •Spanish with English subtitles Camal/ Slaughterhouse Director, Miguel Alvear •ECUADOR • 2011 • 12’21” • B/W • Spanish with English subtitles Amor Fugitivo Director, Ana Clara Soler • ARGENTINA• 2012 • 4’08” La Mar Brava Director, Bryan Rodríguez • PERÚ • 2011 • 19’32” Portrait of EPIPHYLLUM OXYPETALUM cactus flower. The bud grows for 30 days, blooms night and died the next morning. Documentary registration and perceived flow of time. "A poetic and penetrating view of Quito’s old slaughterhouse and the routine of butchering. The Latin Slang des betes". Una mesa, lámparas, cristales, telas, distintos objetos rebelándose en habitaciones y paisajes, huyendo o yendo al encuentro de algo. La Mar Brava is a glimpse into the lives of beach residents in the port city of Callao in Peru. Ana, a women living in the beach’s shore community called La Mar Brava, leads us through as she endures personal and distant tragedies. Manchinery Director, Luis “Lucho” Soldevilla •PERÚ • 2012 • 3’53” Pequeno Poema em Prata Director, Cristiana Miranda • BRAZIL,2006, 3’49” TUESDAY, SEPT 13 @7:00pm UF Institute of Hispanic/Latino Culture, La Casita Desastres Naturales/ Natural Disasters Director, Bernardo Quesney • CHILE •2014 •75 min • Spanish with English Subtitles •Rate: • Cast: Anita Reeves, Fernanda Toledo, Amparo Noguera, Catalina Saavedra, Paola Lattus Film Introduction and Q& A by Dr. Clara Sotelo The machinery installation machinery is a visual orchestration of machines, people, interfaces, devices and gears, cross-linked by dynamics of motion and relationships of cause and effect. A multi-channel choreography that renders an assembly line in which men and machines cohabit in constant tension with each other. In perfect circles the sea-gulls fly Any disturb, nor the rain, nor the cold As for me, I suffer of all the desires Each poison kills me somewhere I wash my face, trying to see in the foam Of how many deaths I got rid High school teacher Raquel walks into her classroom one day to find that she has been replaced by a much younger teacher. Undisturbed by the news, she calmly locks and blocks the classroom door and begins to teach as if nothing had happened. She won’t come out until someone explains to her why she was fired. The students, in solidarity, hold the younger teacher hostage and threaten to boycott a play the faculty has staged for that evening. “Natural Disasters” offers a satirical and yet poignant portrait of Chile’s education system. Wednesday, September 14 @7:00PM UF Smathers Library East Papita, Maní, Tostón / Take Me Out Director, Luis Carlos Hueck • VENZUELA- 2013 •100 mins •Spanish with English Subtitles • Rate: PG-13 • Cast: Jean Pierre Agostini, Juliette Pardau, Miguel Ángel Landa Film Introduction and Q& A by Dr. Clara Sotelo THURSDAY, SEPT 15 @7:00PM Thomas Center Wakolda /The German Doctor Director, Lucia Puenzo• ARGENTINA• 2013•90 minsGerman and Spanish with English Subtitles•Rate: •st: Àlex Brendemühl, Florencia Bado, Diego Peretti, Natalia Oreiro, Alan Daicz, Elena Roger, Guillermo Pfening, Ana Pauls, Juan I. Martínez, Nicolas Marsella, Carlos Kaspar, Maria V. Barret, Abril Braunstein, Benito E. Crespo, Sebástian Cáneva Andres (Jean Pierre Agostini) it's a fan of Los Leones del Caracas one of the principal baseball teams of Venezuela. Julissa (Juliette Pardau) it's a fan of Los Navegantes del Magallanes, the rival team. One day Andres gets tickets to see the game in Magallanes VIP Zone. He meets Julissa and her dad who is not only fan but one of the team's managers. Andres and Julissa will fall in love and will have to pretend to be fan of the other's team. But soon trouble will arise. Eva (Natalia Oreiro) and Enzo (Diego Peretti) are preparing to open a cozy lakeside hotel in a remote Patagonia town when the family first encounters the charismatic doctor (a chilling performance by Àlex Brendemühl) along a long desert road. With mother Eva pregnant with twins, and her diminutive 12-year-old daughter (captivating newcomer Florencia Bado) mercilessly teased about her stunted size, the family represents more than a passing interest for the nefarious doctor. Unaware of the danger, they accept him into their home, until a local archivist and photographer (Elena Roger) suspects the town of German immigrants is harboring one of the world’s most infamous war criminals. Film Introduction and Q& A by Dr. Norman J.W.Goda FRIDAY, SEPT 16 @ 7:00PM E-Theatre, Santa Fe College Llévate Mis Amores / All Of Me Director, Arturo Gonzalez Villasenor• MEXICO •2014• 90 mins•Spanish with English Subtitles• Rate: PG-13• Cast: Sandra Ochoa, Luisa Justiniano, Enrique Rodríguez, Jorge Flores, Maritza Perdomo, Izacas Oscar, Nelyi Larice Film Introduction and Q& A by Dr. Ignacio Sánchez Prado "God didn't set up barriers between countries. We are the ones who raise them." Mexico and the United States share the greatest border between the first and the third world. That makes it a bridge for thousands of migrants who expose themselves to every danger as they travel through the country on a train called “The Beast.” That’s where they meet the Patronas, a group of Mexican women who, every day since 1995, make food and toss it to the helpless as the train rushes by. This documentary is an intimate approach, a personal diary that draws a border between the life they were given and the life they chose. In the midst of a country at war, in a world where all hope seems lost, the Patronas breathe life into a human value that seems to be fading with each day: love for one another. SATURDAY,SEPT 17 @ 2:00PM E- Theatre, Santa Fe College Silencio En La Tierra De Los Sueños/ Silence in Dreamland An elderly woman lives alone. A black head dog keeps her company and watches over the house and the repetitive movements of the woman. Every so often, she and the dog go out for long walks along the beach. Her pace is slow, each walk is a new beginning, and each homecoming is a confirmation of a life that has been lived. Director, Tito Molina • ECUADOR, GERMANY • 2014 • 94 mins •Spanish with English Subtitles •Rate: NR• Cast: Fabian Arenillas, Eugenia Capizzano, Carla Quevedo Film Introduction and Q& A by Dr. Emily Hind SATURDAY, SEPT 17 @7:00PM E-Theatre, Santa Fe College O Candidato Honesto/ The Honest Candidate John is a corrupt politician wanting to be the Brazil's next president. He receives an enchantment from his grandmother and can't lie anymore. Now he must win the presidential elections telling only the truth. Director, Roberto Santucci • BRAZIL • 2014 •1hr 50 min Portuguese with English Subtitles • Rate: NR• Cast: Marcello Caridade, Leandro Hassum, Luiza Valdetaro Film Introduction and Q& A by Dr. Charles Perrone SUNDAY, SEPT 18 @ 3:00PM Matheson History Museum Que Horas Ela Volta? | The Second Mother Director, Anna Muylaert • BRAZIL- 2015 • 112min Portuguese with English Subtitles •Rate: R for some language and brief drug use• Cast: Andre Boxwill, Fernando Chironi, Monserrat Montero Cole, Luis Rodrigo Duran, Luis Fernando Gomez, Rodolfo Gonzalez, Bárbara Jimenez, Hernán Jiménez, Daniel Ross Mix Film Introduction and Q& A by Dr. Elizabeth Ginway An excitingly fresh take on some classic themes and ideas, THE SECOND MOTHER centers on Val, a hard-working live-in housekeeper in modern day Sao Paulo. Val is perfectly content to take care of every one of her wealthy employers’ needs, from cooking and cleaning to being a surrogate mother to their teenage son, who she has raised since he was a toddler. But when Val’s estranged daughter Jessica suddenly shows up the unspoken but intrinsic class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray. Jessica is smart, confident, and ambitious, and refuses to accept the upstairs/downstairs dynamic, testing relationships and loyalties and forcing everyone to reconsider what family really means. MONDAY, SEPT 19 @ 7:00PM The Wooly Quién Paga La Cuenta? / Who Pays The Bill? Benjamin Lopez • HONDURAS, PUERTO RICO • 2013• 110 min • Spanish with English Subtitles • Rate: •Cast: Sandra Ochoa, Luisa Justiniano, Enrique Rodríguez, Jorge Flores, Maritza Perdomo, Izacas Oscar, Nelyi Larice. A box office success in Honduras, “Who Pays the Bill?” explores the ambitions and dreams of three friends who have their own peculiar ideas of how to succeed in life. They are willing to do anything to make those dreams come true, regardless of the outcome. This hilarious and delightful comedy pokes fun at a consumerist society and the price the working class plays to be a part of it. Film Introduction and Q& A by Dr. Ericka Ghersi TUESDAY, SEPT 20 @ 7:00 PM Institute of Hispanic/Latino Cultures ,La Casita A Biracial couple confronts the prejudices caused by their union. Un Amigo Inesperado/ An Unexpected Friend Richard Abella •CUBA•2010 •72 min • Spanish with English Subtitles • Rate: Film Introduction and Q& A by Dr. Clara Sotelo WEDNESDAY, SEPT 21 @ 7:00 PM UF Smathers Library East Viejos Amigos/ Good old boys Director, Fernando Villarán •PERU• 2014 • 96 min Spanish with English Subtitles •Rate: 13+ • Cast: Carlos Gassols, Enrique Victoria, Ricardo Blume Film Introduction and Q& A by Dr. Ericka Ghersi Balo, Ricardo, Domingo and Kike have been friends pretty much since the day they were born eight decades ago in Peru’s El Callao neighborhood. Fate delivers a cruel blow when Kike dies on the eve of the game that could lead their favorite soccer team to first place in the league. The now trio decide to steal Kike’s ashes and take them to the match, stopping first at some of their favorite youthful hangouts for one last hurrah. Villaran’s opera prima is a mischievous celebration of friendship and loyalty. THURSDAY, SEPT 22 @ 7:00 PM The Wooly Cómo Ganar Enemigos/ How To Win enemies Director, Gabriel Lichtmann •ARGENTINA• 2015 • 78 min •Spanish with English Subtitles • Rate: • Cast: Fabian Arenillas, Eugenia Capizzano, Carla Quevedo Film Introduction and Q& A by Dr. Emily Hind SATURDAY,SEPT @ 7:00 PM Thomas Center La Vaca / Holy Cow Director, Mendel Samayoa •GUATEMALA• 2011• 97 min• Spanish with English Subtitles• Rate: • Cast: Claudia Bollat, Jorge Sanz and Monica Walter Film Introduction and Q& A by Dr. Antonio Sajid López When a shy young Jewish lawyer obsessed with crime novels turns a chance encounter with a beautiful woman into a date ending in his bed, it all seems too good to be true. But things aren’t always what they seem, however, for as soon as he wakes up he finds his financial savings, and the beautiful woman, gone. Inspired by his favorite detective novels, he is convinced he was set up and begins to looks for clues like one of his gumshoe heroes in his beloved books. As he pieces together the puzzle of the grand theft, he realizes that his closest allies may be his biggest enemies. What began as a love story becomes the caper to end all capers in this sexy crowd-pleasing comedy set against the background of Buenos Aires. When famous American archeologist Albert Frederick Thomas Jackson dies in his beloved small town in Guatemala, a whole series of misadventures is triggered by the rather peculiar items outlined in his will, an important part of which involves a cow named Tracy. These eccentricities are matched only by the arrival of the two wives — and, seemingly, two heirs to the fortune — of 'Mr. Thomas' (an American named Betty Hooter and a Guatemalan named Soledad) in the town of San Pedro El Bajo. Add in a couple of shady lawyers and a mischievous taxi driver and you have an offbeat comedy about the differences between urban and rural Guatemala, and the even more complex comedic possibilities of the disparity between what is written and what is real. A delight. English sub-titles. CINExperimental - Monday, September 12, @7:00pm The Wooly|25 S.E. 2nd Pl, Gainesville, FL 32601 About the short film creators Ánima/ Spirit ARGENTINA, 2015, 6’36”, Spanish with English subtitles • Director, Clara Frías Clara Frías 1981. Clara Frias was born and lives in Buenos Aires. At first she focused on illustration and painting. She gets into photography and film study. With his films and videos he participated in numerous international festivals. Currently Currently, she attended her film "ánima" in the BAFICI and FLAVIA festival won the 1st prize in the official competition at the Festival of video art in Latin America, she works as independent film editor Narcisa Hirsch and artists of his stature. CINE organization Zap gives workshops and high school. It is in pre-production on his next feature Camal/ Salughterhouse ECUADOR, 2011, 12’21” B/W, Spanish with English subtitles Miguel Alvear Miguel Alvear. Ecuador, 1964. Visual artista, filmmaker. His work has been included in several Latin American experimental film anthologies. He has participated in numerous international exhibits such as the 55th Venice Bienale, Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento, Bienal de La Habana and other. In 2009 he published a study on Ecuador’s amateur film scene (“Ecuador Bajo Tierra”). , Ana Clara Soler Ana Clara Soler, Argentina (1984) 2012 –Film Lab (program)–Professors: Andrés Di Tella and Martin Rejtman - Torcuato Di Tella University–Art Department. 2009/2010 - Torcuato Di Tella University –Art Department –Artists Program Director: Inés Katzenstein Senior Tutor: Jorge Macchi. 2002/2011- National College of Arts (IUNA) Bachelor of Visual Arts, major in Painting. 2013 - Fugitive (short) - Animasivo – Experimental Animation Festival – Mexico DF –Curated by LEC. 2014 - Residency in El Ranchito - Matadero - Madrid, Spain. 2016 - International short competition - Fribourg Amor Fugitivo ARGENTINA, 2012,4’08” •Director, Ana Clara Soler International Film Festival Switzerland. La Mar Brava PERÚ, 2011, 19’32” • Director, Bryan Rodriguez Bryan Rodriguez Born in Callao, Peru Bryan Rodriguez harvests a multidisciplinary practice nationally and internationally through the kinesthetic informed by the residue of historical bondage (The way black and brown people move, exchange, multiply, think, fuck as result). Through this, he seeks world building as a method to explore an alternative to the oppressive realities existent in an anti-black/anticolored context. And in taking on the task of a world builder, he relays on the sensibilities /rejections / general lens of his community (other world builders) to trigger a praxis motivated dialogue. Rodriguez’s work has been exhibited in various galleries, museums and festivals, including The Queens Museum, The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, LA GALERÍA at Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, SOMA Mexico, El Galpón Espacio, Zona 30, The Beland Gallery at the Essex Arts Center, Grace Space, Muestra Marrana, White Space Gallery, International Festival of The New Latin American Cinema in Havana, Cuba, Festival Internacional de Lima Independiente in which he received a national award for his film La Mar Brava. He is a recent contributor to the third volume of Emergency INDEX Publication.Rodriguez received his BFA from The School of The Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University in 2014. He was a member of the group!Que Lástima! which questioned and revised notions of Latinidad as a self-identified/identified thought. Currently Rodriguez is co-curator and co-founder of artist/curatorial team Sweety’s, a space and idea prioritizing the presence and work of brown and black artists. Machinery Perú, 2012, 3’53” • Director, Luis “Lucho” Soldevilla Luis “Lucho” Soldevilla Lima – Peru 1978. Master in Media Design and Communication (Lens-Based Media specialization) at the Piet Zwart institute in Rotterdam. Licentiate degree in audiovisual realization from the Faculty of Communications of the University of Lima. Bachelor degree in cinema and video of the same Faculty. Lives and works in Lima. Luis work has a strong bond with his academic background, film-making. He takes the cinematographic language and merged it with the expressive potential of the space. In his installations the physicality of the image works as backbone of the narrative, exploring diverse connotations of the social landscape, and how the urban enviroments has become Pequeno Poema em Prata BRAZIL,2006, 3’49” • Director, Cristiana Miranda Cristiana Miranda Cristiana Miranda, born and lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Filmmaker, visual artist and curator. Has made many experimental films exploring the poetry and aesthetics possibilities of hand processing the film negative, which were shown at International Film Festivals in Brazil, France, Spain, USA, Australia, Russia, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia. Was curator of the Film Festival Mostra do Filme Livre, held in the city of Rio de Janeiro in 2013 and of the Experimental Film Program at the Festival Cine Musica, held in the city of Conservatória, Brazil. She was part of the jury of the International Film Festival Signes de Nuit, held in Paris in 2012. Organized and curated, in 2013, the experimental film program concerned to Brazilian and French contemporaries films, held in the Cinemateca do Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro: Movies and Poetry, a navigation between fogs and dreams. In 2015 she organized the first festival specifically directed to experimental film in Rio de Janeiro: DOBRA Festival Internacional de Cinema Experimental. EVENTS SCHEDULE We recommend arriving 10 minutes early to the event. Unity through Culture”, Latin American Craft Exhibit Cone Park Library Branch|2801 E. University Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32641 September 1 – October 15 This exhibit is an outreach of the 12th Gainesville Latino Film Festival (September 8 – 24). Also this exhibit was possible with the support of Alternatives Global Market Place www.alternativesglobalmarketplace.com . Info: [email protected] FAMILY EVENT: Greeting from the Andes & Caminandes short films Florida Museum of Natural History|3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, Fl. 32608 Saturday, September 10, 10:00am -1:00pm Enjoy an amazing morning at Florida Museum of Natural History with the Gainesville Latino Film Festival as we feature the art and culture of the Andes. Visit our “Crafting Ethnic Identity in the Andes and Mesoamerica: Highlights from the Doughty Folk Art Collection” exhibit. Enjoy animated shorts by the award winning production team Caminandes. Llamas, alpacas and the national horse of Peru, The Peruvian Paso, will be at the museum for visitors to meet. Seldom seen Andean artifacts from the museum’s ethnographic collection will also be on display. Este acontecimiento es para toda la familia y se presentará en inglés y en español. Info: Tiffany Ireland, Museum Educator [email protected] 352-273-2061 http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/ Admission –Free Llamigos Gran Dillama Llama Drama LECTURE: War and the Neoliberal Condition: Death and Vulnerability in Contemporary Mexico UF Smathers Library East | 208 Smathers Library; University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 Thursday, September 15, 5:30pm War and the Neoliberal Condition: Death and Vulnerability in Contemporary Mexico by Dr. Dr. Ignacio Sanchez, Lecture organized by UF Center for the Humanities and Public Sphere. Since former president Felipe Calderón declared a full-in war on drug cartels, Mexico has been the site of an astonishing number of violent deaths: over 125,000 in the most recent counts. While official explanations of this staggering figure generally attribute it to collateral damage in the war, this paper contends that the phenomenon runs deeper. The paper will focus on the ideas of “precarization” and "vulnerability” as essential to understand death in contemporary Mexico, and will attempt to show, through different cultural artifacts (from literature, cinema, journalism and the arts), that death is rather a symptom of two intertwining factors. On the one hand, the “war on drugs” is in reality a set of multiple wars that recently escalated longstanding conflicts between different actors in Mexico, from class antagonisms to political confrontation. On the other, I will contend that these wars are the effect of the economic and political precarization of Mexicans in the neoliberal era, when the erosion of citizenship, economic enfranchisement and other social achievements of the 20th century has rendered people vulnerable to be killed. This phenomenon will be explored through three figures: the Central American migrant, the recruits of drug cartels and the bystander. Info: http://www.humanities.ufl.edu Light the Night, Hispanic Heritage Month UF UF Reitz Union Grand Ballroom, University of Florida | 686 Museum Rd, Gainesville, FL 32611 Friday, September 16 6:00PM – 8:00PM Opening Ceremony of the University of Florida’s Hispanic Heritage Month wants you to be the shining light in someone’s night. The Hispanic-Latinx community of the greater Gainesville area is invited to feast and enjoy an evening that defines how a little support goes a long way, an idea enforced by Denice Frohman, an awardwinning poet who uses her experience as a queer woman from a multicultural background to explore the intersections of race, gender and sexuality to tie together how one should embrace who they are and the opportunities they are given. Info: Gabriella Nuñez, UF HHM Executive Director [email protected] Admission: Free CUENTOS- Bilingual Story time Series (Spanish & English) Library Partnership Branch | Alachua County Library District 1130 NE 16th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601 La raniposita de colores/The colorful froggy-fly August 27, Saturday at 11:AM The frog alone in his pond and resting under the sun, did not realize that the butterfly, confusing his skin with a rock, laid her eggs on it, and one of the them hatched and out came the “Raniposa,” a new species! Info: [email protected] La selva tiene sed / The Jungle is Thirsty September 24th, Saturday at 11:00 AM This was a jungle that was feeling sad. It was beginning to lack water. All the inhabitants of the area got together, discussed the situation and came up with a solution. Let’s see what they did. El coyote y la oveja / The coyote and the lamb October 29, Tuesday, 9:30 AM On a farm at the foot of a mountain, there once lived a little lamb. Coyote was obviously interested in eating the little lamb. The latter, however, began to imagine ways to trick the wolf so that it wouldn’t eat her. And so she did! Come join us and learn how she did it La boda de la Xdzunúum /The Legend of the Wedding of the Xdzunuúm November 26, Saturday, 11:00 AM Standing on the branch of a tree, a hummingbird called Xdzunuúm in the Maya language, was crying upon looking at her small unfinished nest. The little bird wanted to finish it as she was preparing to get married. However, she was having problems coming up with everything she needed for that. Come and learn how the problem was solved. FESTIVAL GUESTS AND SPEAKERS DANIELA RINCÓN Daniela was born and raised in Mexico City and fell in love with the written word thanks to her great grandfather who taught her the unparalleled works of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Pedro Calderón de la Barca, leading her to study acting and receiving her diploma in 2010. After graduating she worked as a dubbing actress and translator for different dubbing studios in Mexico City as well as a theater high school teacher. In 2013, after a long casting process, she was selected to play the leading role in Canana’s film Paraíso. Shortly after the movie was finished, she has gotten involved with the Body Positive movement. She is dedicated to her blog, YouTube Channel and Facebook Page where she has created a community, which gives her purpose and meaning. TACE HEDRICK Associate Professor Tace Hedrick received her Phd in Comparative Literature from the University of Iowa. She has taught in the English Department and Women's Studies since 1997. Her areas of interest are US (Afro) Latina Studies, feminist theory, women's popular writing, and intellectual history across the Americas. She has published two books and many journal articles as well as attending many Latino and Latin American Studies conferences. ANDREA HOLBROOK Andrea Holbrook- Wagman is President of Holbrook Travel based in Gainesville, Florida for over 40 years. Founded by Giovanna Holbrook in 1974, Holbrook specializes in educational and natural history programs throughout Latin America, Africa, and points beyond, Holbrook works with teachers, professors, and life-long learners as well as birders photographers, and ecotourism travelers. The Holbrook family also owns and operates Selva Verde Lodge and Private Reserve in the lowland tropical rainforests of Costa Rica. Andrea has been involved in sustainable tourism as a Board member of the Sarapiquí Conservation Learning Center, an NGO closely associated with Selva Verde whose mission it is to link communities and conservation through education and community rural tourism. She was honored to be asked to introduce El Salvador: Cuatro Puntos Cardinales/ El Salvador: Four Cardinals Points, by director Javier Kafie about El Salvador. Holbrook is opening El Salvador as a destination in 2017 / 2018 and was thrilled to see a piece reflecting the cultural, social and ecological diversity of the country. Andrea is married to Robert Wagman, a Professor in the Classics department at the University of Florida and is the mother of Agatha Wagman, an 8th grader at Howard Bishop Middle School and a pianist. ROSANA RESENDE Rosana Resende is a cultural anthropologist whose research interests focus on the differentiated impacts of globalization and neoliberalism on the lived experiences of Latin Americans across social sectors. Specifically, her work addresses how race, gender, and social class intersect with questions of urbanization, labor, and tourism to engender continuously renegotiated social relations in Latin America. She obtained her Ph.D. in Anthropology and graduate certificate in Latin American Studies at the University of Florida in 2009. Resende received a Fulbright Postdoctoral U.S. Scholar fellowship to conduct field research in Brazil in 2014, studying the shifting relations between domestic workers and their female employers. Her teaching interests focus on courses centering on sites of inequality in contemporary urban Latin America as well as courses focused on Brazil. She is a lecturer in the Center for Latin American Studies and an affiliate of the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research. Resende is passionate about working closely with students, particularly those from underrepresented groups, and is an active collaborator with Hispanic-Latino Affairs (HLA) on campus. Resende also serves as the Assistant Director for the Florida-Brazil Linkage Institute as well the faculty advisor for three student organizations. NORMAN J.W. GODA Norman J.W. Goda is the Norman and Irma Braman Professor of Holocaust Studies. He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He studies modern European history and specializes in the history of the Holocaust, war crimes trials, and twentieth century diplomacy. He teaches a variety of courses on the Holocaust and Nazi Germany from historical and interdisciplinary perspectives. He is the author of Tomorrow the World: Hitler, Northwest Africa, and the Path toward America (1998); Tales from Spandau: Nazi Criminals and the Cold War (2007); The Holocaust: Europe, the World, and the Jews (2013). He has also co-authored, with Richard Breitman, US Intelligence and the Nazis (2005) and Hitler’s Shadow: Nazi War Criminals, US Intelligence and the Cold War (2010). He has edited a volume of international essays titled Jewish Histories of the Holocaust: New Transnational Perspectives (2014) as well as To the Gates of Jerusalem: The Diaries and Papers of James G. McDonald, 1945-1947 (2014), which concerns Holocaust refugees and the question of Palestine in those years. He has published articles in various journals including the Journal of Modern History, The International History Review, and The Journal of Contemporary History, and his work has been the subject of stories by the The New York Times, the Associated Press, US News and World Report, and other major news outlets. Goda has served as a consultant to the US and German governments, as well as for various radio, television, and film documentaries in the US, Europe, and Israel. IGNACIO SANCHEZ PRADO Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado (Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh) is an Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies. His areas of research are Mexican literary, film and cultural studies; Latin American intellectual history, neoliberal culture and the uses of canon theory and world literature theory in Latin American studies. He is the author of El canon y sus formas: La reinvención de Harold Bloom y sus lecturas hispanoamericanas (2002), Poesía para nada (2005), Naciones intelectuales. Las fundaciones de la modernidad literaria mexicana (1917-1959) (2009. Winner of the LASA Mexico 2010 Book Award) and Intermitencias americanistas. Estudios y ensayos escogidos (2004-2010) (2012). His most recent book, Screening Neoliberalism. Mexican Cinema 1988-2012, was published by Vanderbilt University Press in 2014. Prof. Sánchez Prado’s teaching in Romance Languages and Literatures is focused on 20th- and 21st-century Mexican literature, film and culture, as well as Latin American critical thought and literary theory. In addition, for the Latin American Studies Program, he teaches Survey of Latin American Cultures, Seminar on Urban Cultures in Latin America and other classes on cultural studies. Currently, he serves as Latin American Review Editor for the Revista de Estudios Hispánicos and as Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Latin American Studies Program. EMILY HIND EMILY HIND is an Associate Professor with the University of Florida and has published two books of interviews with Mexican writers, as well as a book of criticism on the Mexican Woman Intellectual from Sor Juana to Poniatowska. She was a Fulbright scholar in Mexico in 2015, and her essay on Rosario Castellanos won the Feministas Unidas essay prize. Hind has published more than twenty articles on Mexican literature and film in academic journals, and nearly as many chapters in books of collected criticism. She has forthcoming interviews with Luis Felipe Lomelí and Guillermo Fadanelli, and is at work on a book about Mexican men writers. CHARLES A. PERRONE Charles A. Perrone is Professor of Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Culture and Literatures in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies, and Concentration Coordinator of Brazilian Studies in the Center for Latin American Studies, at the University of Florida. He is the author of Masters of Contemporary Brazilian Song: MPB 1965-1985 (University of Texas Press, 1989), Seven Faces: Brazilian Poetry since Modernism (Duke University Press, 1996), and Brazil, Lyric, and the Americas (University Press of Florida, 2010). He is co-editor of Crônicas brasileiras: a Reader and Brazilian Popular Music and Globalization (University Press of Florida, 2014, 2001). In addition to many articles and book chapters on Brazilian literature and popular music, he has translated numerous contemporary Brazilian writers, most notably poets such as Augusto de Campos and Paulo Leminski. ELIZABETH GINWAY M. Elizabeth Ginway is Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies at the University of Florida, where she teaches a wide variety of courses in Brazilian culture and literature, along with language classes in Portuguese. She is author of Brazilian Science Fiction: Cultural Myths and Nationhood in the Land of the Future (2004), which was nominated for the MLA Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize by Bucknell University Press. This book was published in Portuguese translation in Brazil in 2005. Several essays on Brazilian science fiction and fantasy also appeared in a volume called Visão Alienígena [Alien Vision] (Devir, 2010), and she co-edited a volume of essays, Latin American Science Fiction: Theory and Practice (Palgrave, 2012) with J. Andrew Brown. She has published articles in Alambique, Brasil/Brazil, Extrapolation, Foundation, Hispania, Luso-Brazilian Review, Modern Language Studies, Revista Iberoamericana, Science Fiction Studies. In addition to teaching nineteenth- and twentieth-century Brazilian literature, she has extended her SF interests to Spanish America, and is currently working on comparative study on science fiction and fantasy called “Transexuality, Cyborgs and the Undead: The Body in Brazilian and Mexican Science Fiction,” in addition to teaching courses in Spanish and English on Latin American Science Fiction. CLARA SOTELO Clara Sotelo, was born in Bogotá, Colombia, where she got a B. S. in Foreign Languages and Literatures at the Universidad Pedagógica de Colombia (1980). She came to Gainesville in 1987 and got a Master’s Degree in Latin American Studies (1989) and a Doctor of Philosophy in Romance Languages and Literatures (1996), at U. F. From 1996 to 2002, she worked at Bethune-Cookman College as the coordinator of the Modern Languages Program. In 2003, she became an instructor of Spanish at the “Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies” at the University of Florida. She is currently the Coordinator of the Second Year Spanish Program within the Lower Division and has directed Study Abroad Programs to Mexico, Spain, and the D. R. Dr. Sotelo has worked for several non-for-profit organizations in Colombia and the U. S. (Caribbean American Children Foundation, Caminos Reales) helping to study and alleviate current social problems among youth and doing research on social change. Most recently, her work with The Latina Women’s League has given her the opportunity to work with students of High Schools in the area who bring to younger kids theatrical presentations of folk tales of universal origin but with Spanish flavor. ERICKA GHERSI Dr. Ericka Ghersi earned her master’s degree in Spanish Literature and Linguistics from Bowling Green State University (BGSU), Ohio, and got her doctorate degree in Latin American Literature and Society at the University of Florida (UF). She also earned a Latin American Studies Certificate at the Center for Latin American Studies in UF. Dr. Ericka Ghersi is currently working at Santa Fe College, teaching Latin American Humanities courses, and Spanish and Portuguese courses. Dr. Ghersi has been an active member of the Latina Women’s League. Together with Victoria Condor, organized the Latin American Folktale Series, and her bachelor’s in Mass Communication came handy when helping with the coordination of the Latino Film Festival. Her contacts from Latin America in the film industry helped also to keep up with incoming information on the field. ANTONIO-SAJID LÓPEZ Antonio-Sajid López is professor of Spanish and Latin American studies at Ana G. Méndez University System in Metro Orlando Campus. He has published three books: Canciones de cuna para un hombre y una ciudad (Búho, 2009); Efímeras instancias (Lulu, 2011); and Entre mi sexo y mis nervios (Lulu, 2014). He is currently working on a research on Latin American Queer Theater. López received his Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education in Spanish and French from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico in 2003. He earned his M. A. in Hispanic Studies from the same institution in 2010. That year, he joined the doctoral program in Spanish and Latin American literature at the University of Florida at Gainesville. He received his Ph. D. from this institution in 2015 and also a certificate in Latin American Studies. GILBERTO DE PAZ & TROPIX Tropix is a tropical fusion band based in Gainesville, Florida specializing in bringing Latin flavor to any event. Tropix has its roots in the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico and performs music from all over Latin America and Spain along with American standards and classics. From merengue and salsa, bachata and cumbia to disco and ballads, crossover bilingual songs…and everything in between. Tropix is composed of five core members, Gilberto de Paz leader/vocals/piano and guitar, Bruni Gonzales de Paz vocals and percussion, Waldemar Cabrera vocals, guitar and percussion, Laura de Paz Cabrera vocals and percussion and Jose “Joe” Rivera Cepeda percussion, trumpet and back vocals. 2016 GLFF GRAPHIC DESIGNER PATTY HART The Santa Fe College graphic design program has participated in the project to design the GLFF poster and publicity materials for the past several years. Patty is a retired professional engineer who recently launched a new freelance career in digital media and graphic design. The 12th Gainesville Latino Film Festival 2015 is made possible thanks to our Sponsors, Partners, Friends and Volunteers!! Sponsors Kathryn Kidder Amalia Alvarez Corporate Sponsor Constance Gesualdi Paul & Polly Doughty Constance Gesualdi The Williams-Condor Family Carol Meyer This event funded in part by the City of Gainesville, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department. Venues Sponsors Events Partners Gilberto de Paz & TROPIX Free Fridays Concert Series Films Distributors Films Sponsors ( Department of English John P. Howard Accounting Joakim & Allison Nordqvist Family Events Partners Exhibit Events Business and Community Organizations Sergio Reyes Guillermo Díaz GSE Engineering & Consulting Inc. Flaco’s Cuban Bakery & Coffee Media Partners Printing Opening Reception Sponsor Closing Reception Sponsor GREATES APPRECIATION TO OUR DISTINGUISHE PRESENTERS Daniela Rincón Ignacio Sanchez Prado Ericka Ghersi Tace Hedrick Rosana Resende Emily Hind Andrea Holbrook -Wagman Antonio Sajid López Charles A. Perrone SPECIAL THANKS Clara Sotelo Norman J.W. Goda Elizabeth Ginway Hernán Jiménez Miguel Alvear Cristiana Miranda Mary Risner Raul Villarreal Alejandro Rios Elizabeth A. King Jorge Ibañez Paul Losch Carmen Cuenca Carolina Ceballos Diaz Claudia Canon Gabriella Nuñez Bunt Backline Event Services Brenda Banales Lillian Guevara Castro Andrea Cabassa Miskimen Andrea Medina Carla Moure Mendel Samayoa Ana Clara Soler Ricardo Carrasco Karen Ponciano Bonnie Effros Jack Kugelmass Eduardo Machuca Cornelia Holbrook Rebecca Fitzsimmons Joakim Nordqvist Agustina Bonaventura Janet Todd Erick Breur Eric Lenasbunt Carissa Cullum Andrea Cabassa Miskimen Sarah L. Pattison Amelia Dempere Olga Rivera Luis Hueck Bryan Rodriguez Bernardo Quesney Martha Berdat Sophia Krzys Acord Vilma Fuentes Tiffany Ireland Wanda de Paz Alora Haynes Sid Dobrin Zoila Jarquin Liz Getman Aaron King Barbara C. Mennel Ileana McCray Eliveth Grossteffon Allison Drexler Andrea Schuster Victoria Condor-Williams SUPPORT THE ARTS ! END Clara Frías Luis Soldevilla Pilar Morales Michael Curry Coco Fusco Linda Friedman Ramirez April FItzGerald Erica J. Chatman Efrain Barradas Alisa Woofter Al'nycea Blackwell Sonia Tergas Phyllis Blackwell Andrea Medina Olga Rivera Nathaly Ruiz Gisselle Bermudez Andrea Schuster