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Mexican Dream / Sueño Mexicano + Alma y Esperanza +Dia de los Muertos - Cine+Mas San Francisco Latino Film Festival
Preceded by two shorts.
Director Rogelio Alex Ruiz Euler
Mexico/USA / 2014 / 54 minutes / Spanish with English subtitles
West Coast Premiere
This documentary is about indigenous Mixtec immigrants from a remote pueblo in Oaxaca, Mexico who go to Austin Minnesota to work for in slaughterhouses and meatpacking factories for Hormel Foods, the makers of Spam products. The people from this one community make up most of the immigrant community of 5,000 in the cold mid-western town of 25,000 where they coexist uncomfortably with the mostly white residents. The film follows three families' members across both sides of the border, examining how migration breeds social alienation here and community dissolution back home. The film explores the myth of undocumented immigrants not paying their taxes, and ultimately shows how migration is a broader game between consumers, big business and politicians.
Director: Itandehui Jansen
California Premiere, San Francisco Bay Area Premiere
Mexico/Netherlands / 2012 / 17 min / Family Drama / Spanish, Mixtec with English subtitles
Alma & Esperanza is the story of a girl and her grandmother who meet in a moment of grief. Alma is a ten-year old girl living in the United States. Esperanza is her 75 year old grandmother living in an indigenous community in the Mexican mountains. The girl and her grandmother have never met before. But one day, Esperanza receives a devastating phone call. Alma has lost her mother and will travel to her grandmother's village. The girl and her grandmother have no common language and are not able to communicate. Nevertheless they are able to find closeness without words. The film garnered coveted spots in imagineNATIVE and the Cannes International Film Festival's Short Film Corner in 2013.
Dia de Los Muertos
Director: Dave de Give
USA/ Documentary/ 13 min/ English
"Día de Los Muertos" documents the celebration and origins of the Mexican Day of the Dead holiday through those who celebrate it in Watsonville, Salinas and Santa Cruz, California. It's not a mournful holiday, but instead is a festive and colorful celebration of the living and the dead. The film also explores the indigenous roots of the holiday, documents the tradition of 'ofrenda' (or altar) building, and features a day and nighttime visit to a Watsonville cemetery where the holiday is celebrated.
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LocationGaleria de la Raza (View)
2857 24th St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
United States
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: Yes! |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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