Seattle Latino Film Festival

OPENING NIGHT

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7
gaspar
(narrative, 82 min. BoliVIA, 2021)

Doors Open 6:30 PM | Ceremony 7:30 PM
Venue: MOPOP Auditorium (Museum of Pop Culture)
Directions to the Museum

US Premiere Sponsored by 4CULTURE
Director Diego Pino and lead Actor Vitorio Lema will attend.
Rated: PG: 13
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Autism, Children
Year: 2021
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Stars: Vitorio Lema, Eugenia Añazgo
Synopsis: Gaspar is a little boy who lives amid a constant family crisis. When Martin (the father) is presented with the opportunity to record the first album with his band, the thin thread that unites the family ends up breaking. Martin must quickly raise a considerable amount of money if he doesn't want to lose a dream opportunity he had for years. Linda, tired of her husband's immaturity, decides to leave home and take time for herself. Leaving father and son alone to figure it out for themselves.

CINEMA CLASSIC

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9
MULATA
(narrative, 80 min. MEXICO, 1954)

2:00 PM
Venue: Bellevue Art Museum Auditorium, Bellevue
510 Bellevue Way NE. Bellevue, WA 98004
RSVP Required to attend private reception at Gilbert's on Main at 5:00pm.

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Lecture from Professor MELISSA BLANCO BORELLI
Presented in partnership with Dance Program at the Northwestern University of Chicago.
Rate: PG: 13
Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Dance
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Stars: Ninón Sevilla, Pedro Armendáriz, René Cardona
Synopsis: Two mulatos, Mateo and Caridad, grow up together in a port in Havana, Cuba. Caridad is the daughter of a white man who died in a shipwreck and a black laundry-woman. As the years pass, Mateo falls in love with Caridad, but she falls in love with a Mexican captain, Martin. Martin falls into financial trouble and has to mortgage his boat to Guevara, owner of the cantina where Caridad dances. When Martin returns to Vera Cruz, Mexico, to resolve his troubles, Guevara feels he "owns" Caridad. What will Caridad do when Martin returns?

Prof. BLANCO BORELLI was born in New York from Cuban and Colombian immigrants. She is a writer, dancer, cultural critic, Associate Professor of Theater and the new director of the dance program at Northwestern University in Chicago. She has been faculty at MIT, University of Surrey (UK), Royal Holloway, University of London (UK) and the University of Maryland, College Park. Prof. BLANCO is the author of the book "She is Cuba: A Genealogy of the Mulata Body". (Oxford University Press, UK, 2016)