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Film Series

Presenting documentary and dramatic, feature-length films from Latin America and the United States. All films will be shown in the museum auditorium and are free and open to the public. The films are in English unless noted otherwise. 

Support for the film series has been provided by the Young Hispanic Lawyers Group. The museum will have extended open hours every Friday evening from 6:30-9:30. 

The film series has been curated by Eduardo Díaz, director of the Cultural Arts Council, El Paso, with assistance from Julianne Burton, Latin American film scholar at the University of California, Santa Cruz. 

Each evening's program will begin with brief introductory remarks by the film series curator, Eduardo Díaz. Audiences are encouraged to stay and discuss the films after the screenings.

Friday, March 10
7:00 p.m. 
América Tropical (U.S., 1971). A documentary chronicling the creation and subsequent whitewashing of a provocative mural painted by the Mexican artist David Alfaro-Siquieros in Los Angeles during the early 1930s. Directed by Jesús Trevino.

7:40 p.m. Raphael Tufiño: Pintor del Pueblo / Raphael Tufiño: The People's Painter (Puerto Rico, 1986). A portrait of one of Puerto Rico's leading artists who championed the social role of populist art in the 1950s. Directed by Ramón Almodóvar. In Spanish.

8:20 p.m. Diego Rivera in America (U.S., 1988). A documentary detailing the fascinating American legacy left by Mexico's best known painter. Directed by Rick Tejada-Flores.

Friday, March 17
7:00 p.m.
Por Primera Vez / For the First Time (Cuba, 1967). A charming and heartwarming short capturing the wonderment and delight in the faces of adults and children alike as they see a film for the first time. Directed by Octavio Cortazar. In Spanish with English subtitles.