2011 Latino Film & Literature Series

Presented by the 3rd Annual Seattle Latino Film Festival and

The Seattle Central Public Library

Final Screenings of the 2010 SLFF Series

Saturday, June 11, 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Microsoft Auditorium

The Seattle Latino Film Festival is proud to announce the final event of the 2011 SLFF Series at the Seattle Public Library with an afternoon of Brazilian cinema. The festival is presenting the award-winning films Meu Nome Não É Johnny / My Name Ain't Johnny (124 min, 2008, directed by Mario Lima) and the Seattle premiere of the award-winning documentary Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê
(20min, 2010, directed by Carolina Moraes-Liu.)

Admission is free.

These movies will be screened in Portuguese, with English subtitles; please be advised that they include adult situations and language.

For information on Brazilian music and other Brazilian cultural events in the Seattle area,
visit Show Brazil!

Meu Nome Não É Johnny / My Name Ain't Johnny

Meu Nome Não É Johnny / My Name Ain't Johnny is the true story of João Guilherme Estrella, also known as "Johnny", a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro who had many connections in Europe during the early 1990’s. He doesn't make an effort to organize a network and lives a lavish life of parties and drug use with his customers. Eventually he is arrested, sent to prison, rehabilitated, and re-integrated into mainstream society.

Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê

Ebony Goddess: Queen of Ilê Aiyê follows three women competing to be the carnival queen of Ilê Aiyê, a prominent and controversial Afro-Brazilian group with an all-black membership. The selection is based on Afro-centric notions of beauty, in counterpoint to prevailing standards of beauty in Brazil, a country famous for slim supermodels and plastic surgery. Contestants for the title of Ebony Goddess dress in flowing African-style garments, gracefully performing traditional Afro-Brazilian dances to songs praising the beauty of black women.

For Aurelina, Joseane and Talita , the competition for the title of Ebony Goddess is part of a profound and personal search for identity and self-esteem. The figure of the Ebony Goddess, representing a “black is beautiful” view of black women, resonates with women of African descent in Brazil, the United States and throughout the world of the African Diaspora.

2011 Latino Film & Literature Series Sponsored by:

In Collaboration with:

Special thanks to the following people for their invaluable assistance.

Without them, the 2011 Latino Film Series would not have been possible.

Carlos Sorin, Ismael Miranda, Cynthia Steele, Jennifer M. Bean, Fernando Esteban, Dr. Iliana Rodriguez,  Tony Geist, Carmen Flores, Flor Fernández, Eva Gonzalez, María Gillman, Lilian Cordoba, Susana Noguez, Alejandro García, Karen Mallman, María Belen, Juan Luis, Marcela Calderon, Ann Marie Stock, Marisela Fleites, Josefa (Pepa) Báez, Eduardo Mendonça, Carolina Moraes-Liu, SLFF Staff.