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Sangre de Mi Sangre
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 Winner
of the Best Film at the Sundance Film Festival (under its former title Padre
Nuestro), SANGRE DE MI SANGRE is an exhilarating and provocative thriller from
newcomer Christopher Zalla exposing the dark side of the American dream. A young
Mexican immigrant, Pedro (Jorge Adrian Espindola), journeys to New York City in
search of the successful father he's never met only to have his belongings and
identity stolen by a conniving thief, Juan (Armando Hernandez). As Pedro is left
alone and unable to communicate in a country foreign to him, Juan cons his way
into the home of Pedro's father, Diego (Jesus Ochoa), finding a man just as
flawed as he is. While Juan attempts to reinvent himself, Pedro's only hope lies
with a mysteriously complex prostitute, Magda (Paola Mendoza), as he frantically
searches for his identity back.
Music Box Theater | 3733 N.
Southport Ave. | Chicago, IL 60613 | 773-871-6604
"Elsa y Fred” (Argentina/Spain)
July 9 @ 8:00 PM | Mozart Park,
2036 N. Avers St.
FREE | GRATIS
Fred is 78 years old
and a recent widower falls in love with his neighbor Elsa who claims to be
younger, scandalizing their children and perhaps even their grandchildren.
Puerto Rican Film Series
THE BEST OF PUERTO RICAN CINEMA
Saturday, July 12
 Bring a blanket,
folding chairs and your picnic basket and enjoy a film under the stars. Free
movie, popcorn, raffles and children’s entertainment.
Admission
is Free
Humboldt Park Boat House (handicap accessible)
1359 N. Sacramento (Humboldt Blvd), Chicago, IL 60622
The Puerto Rican Film Series is an outdoor film educational festival featuring
Puerto Rican films/videos by new and established Puerto Rican filmmakers.
Chicago Outdoor Film Fest Opens Tuesday, July 15 in
Grant Park
All About Eve
July 15 @ 8:57pm
FREE | GRATIS
 For
a time, this movie was the leader in Academy
Award® nominations, winning six including Best
Picture. Outstanding performances from Davis,
Baxter, and George Sanders, who earned an Oscar,
highlight this back-stage back-stabbing story
about an ambitious young actress who insinuates
her life into that of the aging star with the
intent to steal that life for her own.
1950 (138 minutes)
"Chasing the Law"(Chile/Mexico/Chicago)
July 16 @ 8:00 PM | Kelvyn
Park, 4438 W. Wrightwood
FREE | GRATIS
A rockumentary about
a filmmaker following his dream to document the final tour of Spanish-rock band
La Ley. The film takes you on a roller–coaster ride with all the bumps and
bruises that the filmmaker had to endure to get his film completed.
Chicago Outdoor Film Fest|Grant Park
The
Odd Couple
July 22 @ 8:51pm
FREE |
GRATIS
 Jack
Lemmon, Walter Matthau
The film from which a hit TV series was made
features one of the earliest screen pairings of
Lemmon and Matthau. Written by Neil Simon, this
is the funny story of the newly-separated and
fastidious Felix moving in with his friend
Oscar, a sportswriter who lives like a slob.
1968 (105 minutes)
“El Viaje de la Nonna”/Nonnas Trip (Mexico)
July 24 @ 8:00 PM | North Berwyn Park District in Berwyn, IL
FREE | GRATIS
Grandma Maria had
been promised by Gaetano, her husband of over 55 years that she would be taken
to Italy, his country of birth. It did not happen. But now she is ready, and she
will take her children and grandchildren over. And it happens. Or does it? The
viewer wants to go along, there is too much at stake.
Puerto Rican Film Series
THE BEST OF PUERTO RICAN CINEMA
Saturday, July 26
Bring a blanket,
folding chairs and your picnic basket and enjoy a film under the stars. Free
movie, popcorn, raffles and children’s entertainment.
Admission
is Free
Humboldt Park Boat House (handicap accessible)
1359 N. Sacramento (Humboldt Blvd), Chicago, IL 60622
The Puerto Rican Film Series is an outdoor film educational festival featuring
Puerto Rican films/videos by new and established Puerto Rican filmmakers.
Chicago Outdoor Film Fest|Grant Park
The
Blues Brothers
July 29 @ 8:44pm
FREE |
GRATIS
 John
Belushi, Dan Aykroyd
The city of Chicago might well be considered a
co-star of Belushi & Aykroyd as the SNL veterans
bring their characters to the big screen. Jake &
Elwood work to put the band back together to
save the Catholic home in which they were
raised. Great Blues performers featured in the
film include: James Brown, Cab Calloway, Ray
Charles and Aretha Franklin.
1980 (133 minutes)
* Some material may be
inappropriate for children under 13
“El Viaje de la Nonna”/Nonnas Trip (Mexico)
July 30 @ 8:00 PM | Harrison Park, 1824 South Wood St
FREE | GRATIS
Grandma Maria had
been promised by Gaetano, her husband of over 55 years that she would be taken
to Italy, his country of birth. It did not happen. But now she is ready, and she
will take her children and grandchildren over. And it happens. Or does it? The
viewer wants to go along, there is too much at stake.
Puerto Rican Film Series
THE BEST OF PUERTO RICAN CINEMA
Summer Film Schedule
Saturday, August 9
Saturday, August 23
Bring a blanket,
folding chairs and your picnic basket and enjoy a film under the stars. Free
movie, popcorn, raffles and children’s entertainment.
Admission
is Free
Humboldt Park Boat House (handicap accessible)
1359 N. Sacramento (Humboldt Blvd), Chicago, IL 60622
The Puerto Rican Film Series is an outdoor film educational festival featuring
Puerto Rican films/videos by new and established Puerto Rican filmmakers.
Visitors bring their blankets, folding chairs and picnic baskets and enjoy an
evening under the stars at the beautiful grounds of the Humboldt Park Boathouse.
The film series is a FREE community event for the entire family.
Puerto Rican Film Series is presented by the Institute of Puerto Rican Arts &
Culture (IPRAC) in collaboration with the Chicago Park District and the Division
Street Business Development Association (DSBDA) with the support of the City of
Chicago Cultural Outreach Program.
All films begin at
8pm and are shown at the Humboldt Park Boat House at 1359 N. Sacramento
(Humboldt Blvd.)
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PAST EVENTS
April 16th, 2008
Homero Tristan, Esq. Chair, and Zoraida Sambolin,
co-anchor of NBC5 News Today, welcomed the
audience. “The Latino Film Festival could not be
possible without people like you who come and
watch the films. I’m very grateful to be here
tonight and be part of the Latino Film Festival
and watch it grow,” said Sambolin.
Braulio Castillo, distinguished Puerto Rican
actor, acknowledged the Consuls, Board of
Directors, sponsor, volunteers and the public.
The Gloria, a prestigious award, is presented to
prominent individuals who have made a remarkable
contribution to the arts.
This year ILCC proudly presented the Gloria
Award to Jacobo Morales for his professional
accomplishment. Born in Lajas, Puerto Rico,
Morales is an actor, screenwriter, director,
producer, and mentor, whom many consider to be
the most influential film director in Puerto
Rico’s history.
Jacobo had the opportunity to work in Hollywood
poductions like Woody Allen’s Bananas and Up the
Sandbox with Barbara Streisand.
Through out his career, Morales received many
awards including: Award for Best Artistic
Contribution at the Latin American Film Festival
from Trieste, Italy; the People's Choice Award
at the Mar del Plata Festival in Argentina; an
Oscar nomination for best foreign language film
for Lo que le Paso a Santiago.
“Receiving an award like this one, it gives you
a social commitment that I’m very grateful to be
part of. Gracias de todo corazón!” expressed
Jacobo Morales.
Past Gloria Award Honorees include:
Rita Moreno, Puerto Rico
Celia Cruz, Cuba
Arturo Ripstein, Mexico
China Zorrilla, Argentina
Humberto Solas, Cuba
Ignacio Lopez Tarso, Mexico
Carlo Diegues, Brazil
Alberto Lecchi, Argentina
….and many more
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April 9, 2008
A great crowd, Mariachis and feature film “El
viaje de la Nonna” made the Noche Mexicana a
grand event.
Zocalo restaurant provided authentic flavors
from Mexico and the Mariachis a true Mexican
entertainment.
The Noche Mexicana was hosted by
Tsi-tsi-ki Félix
of Telemundo and Homero Tristan, Chair-Board of
Directors.
Manuel Rodríguez Arriaga, Consul General of
Mexico,
thanked Pepe Vargas, Festival Director, the
Board of Directors and the sponsors for making
possible the Noche Mexicana and the entire
Festival.
The International Latino Cultural Center (ILCC)
proudly presented “El Viaje de la Nonna” (Nonna’s
Trip) directed by Sebastian Silva. Film
inspirited by a personal story.
Sebastian Silva is an established producer,
writer, assistant director and director.
Some of Silva’s work include “The Air I
breathe” (second unit director), “Babel” (first
assistant director), “Titanic” (second assistant
director) and more…
The audience enjoyed the emotional and the
comedy about a family’s attempts to make la
Nonna her last wish come true by going on a trip
to a small town in Italy.
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Friday, April 4th was the opening night of
the 24th Chicago Latino Film
Festival.
El Prado de las Estrellas (The Field of
Stars), directed by Mario Camus from Spain,
was the first feature film.
“…The film lets the viewer meet and get to
know the people in Cantabria (Northern
Spain), their aspirations and past
histories, their hopes and dreams, and the
conflicts between the older life styles and
the new, encroaching possibilities and
pressures…”
‘The Festival could not be possible without
the talent of our filmmakers, the support
from the sponsors and our partner Columbia
College Chicago, the work of the Board of
Directors, and the many volunteers,” stated
Pepe Vargas, Festival Director.
Pepe Vargas also thanked the audience, who
share a common appreciation of filmmaking,
diversity awareness, and value different
cultures, for making the Festival possible.
The opening night included the presence of
actress Aimee Garcia known for her roles in
George Lopez show, The Good Girl, CSI, ER
and more...
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Under the Same Moon
Nine-year-old
Carlos aka Carlitos is one of the countless
children left behind by parents who come to the U.S. seeking
a way to provide for their families. His mother,
Rosario, has worked illegally as a domestic in Los
Angeles for four years, sending money home to
her son and mother to give them a chance at a better life.
When the death of his grandmother leaves young Carlitos
alone, he takes his fate into his own hands and heads north
across the border to find his mother. As he journeys from
his rural Mexican village to the L.A. barrio, Carlitos faces
seemingly insurmountable obstacles with a steely
determination and unfettered optimism that earn him the
grudging respect and affection of a reluctant
protector, a middle-aged migrant worker named Enrique.
The unlikely pair finds its way from Tucson to East L.A.,
but the only clue Carlitos has to his mothers whereabouts is
her description of the street corner from which she has
called him each Sunday for the last four years. Unaware that
Rosario is only hours away from returning to Mexico to be
with her son, Carlitos and Enrique desperately comb
the vast unfamiliar city for a place he has seen only in his
imagination.
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Cuba Wild
Island of the Caribbean (PBS)
 Cuba's
political and economic isolation has provided the outside
world little opportunity to see its wildlife ... until now.
It may be renowned for its politics
and its cigars, but Cuba is home to some of the
most unusual creatures on earth, including the feisty Cuban
crocodile, the world's smallest bird and frog, and
migrating land crabs.
Cuba's diverse wildlife stems from its unique natural
history. Cuba was not originally in the Caribbean Sea but in
the Pacific Ocean, where the island was situated 100 million
years ago, before the forces of continental drift slowly
brought it into the Caribbean. As the island migrated over
the ages, an astonishing variety of life arrived by air,
sea, and possibly by land bridges that may have once
existed. Over time, these animals adapted to their new
environment. Today, more than half of Cuba's plants and
animals, including more than 80 percent of its reptiles and
amphibians, are found nowhere else on the planet.
Protected by its isolation, the wildlife of Cuba has
remained naturally preserved, untouched, and unexplored.
Through a special arrangement with the Cuban government,
unprecedented access was granted to film the island's
natural riches.
Join NATURE in exploring Cuba's coral reefs, swamps,
forests, and caves to uncover the astonishing diversity of
life on the island.
"Cuba: Wild Island of the Caribbean" airs Sunday, March 30th
at 8 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings).
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Chilean Film "Pretendiendo" (Ugly Me) Wins the
Popular Vote at the 24th Chicago Latino Film
Festival
Apr 18, 2008
Mexican film "Morirse está en hebreo" (My
Mexican Shivah) and American film "August
Evening" were 2nd. and 3rd. in the popular vote.
The 24th Chicago Latino Film Festival closed
with a series of awards presented to a selection
from more than 120 films and video. Presented by
the International Latino Cultural Center (ILCC),
this year’s Festival presented these series of
awards to accompany the annual Gloria Lifetime
Achievement Award that has been presented to
Puerto Rican filmmaker Jacobo Morales.
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD:
FEATURE FICTION
FIRST:
"Pretendiendo" (Ugly Me), Chile, directed by
Claudio Dabed.
SECOND:
"Morirse está en hebreo" (My Mexican Shivah),
directed by Alejandro Springall.
THIRD:
"August Evening", US, directed by Chris Eska.
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
FIRST:
"Dream Havana" (Sueña Havana), Cuba-US, directed
by Gary Marks.
SECOND:
"Tarjeta roja", (Red Card), Ecuador, directed by
Rodolfo Muñoz.
THIRD:
"Tal como somos" (Just as we are), US, directed
by Judith McCray.
SHORTS
FIRST:
"Flags of Steel" (Banderas de acero), US,
directed by Mildred Amador.
SECOND:
"Adán y Eva" (Adam and Eve), Venezuela, directed
by Laura Muñoz.
THIRD:
"Antes y después de besar a María" (Before and
After Kissing Maria), Spain, directed by Ramón
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Under the Same Moon
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