Worcester’s 17th Latino Film Festival – March 27-April 1, 2012
VIVA CUBA
(Cuba 2005)
Tuesday March 27, Saturday March 31 @ 7:30PM in Jefferson Academic Center 320.
Comedy/Drama. Direction: Juan Carlos Cremata & Iraida Malberti Cabrera.
Malu is from an upper class family, and her single mother does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background is coarse and common-place. Jorgito’s mother, a poor socialist proud of her family’s social standing, places similar restrictions on her son. What neither woman recognizes is the immense strength of the bond between Malu and Jorgito. When the children find out that Malu’s mother is planning to leave Cuba, they decide to run away and travel to the other side of the island to find Malu’s father and persuade him not to sign the forms that would allow it. 80 minutes. Subtitles.
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LOS COLORES DE LA MONTANA
(Colombia 2010; NR)
Thursday March 29 @ 7:30PM in Jefferson Academic Center 320.
Drama. Direction: Carlos Cesar Arbelaez.
Manuel, 9, has an old ball with which he plays futbol every day in the countryside. He dreams of becoming a great goalkeeper. His wishes seem set to come true when Ernest, his father, gives him a new ball. But an unexpected accident sends the ball flying into a minefield. Despite the danger, Manuel refuses to abandon his treasure. He convinces Julian and Poca Luz, his two friends, to rescue it with him. Amid the adventures and kids’ games, the signs of armed conflict start to appear in the lives of the inhabitants of ‘La Predera.’ 90 minutes. Subtitles.
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AMERICA
(Puerto Rico 2011; NR)
Saturday March 31 @ 1PM in Razzo Hall, Traina Arts Center; Sunday April 1 @ 
4PM in Jefferson Academic Center 320.
Drama. Direction: Sonia Fritz.
America, a 30-year-old mother who lives in a remote Caribbean village, has an abusive lover, but she suffers the hardest hit when he takes their daughter from her. Fury and fear push her to run away. In her new life as a nanny in New York City, with support from relatives and other Latinas, America finds comfort and hope. When she dares to dream of a life without violence, however, reality hunts her down. America is based on the novel America’s Dream, by Esmeralda Santiago. 90 minutes. Subtitles.
SPECIAL NOTE: Director Sonia Fritz will be in attendance for the Saturday afternoon show and will answer questions from the audience after the screening. This presentation will be in Razzo Hall of the Traina Arts Center, 92 Downing Street.
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3 AMERICAS
(Argentina/USA 2007; NR)
Sunday April 1 @ 1PM in Jefferson Academic Center 320.
Drama. Director/writer: Cristina Kotz Cornejo.
With summer approaching, 16-year-old America has two issues with her life in the United States, or so she thinks. She hates school, and she hates her aunt Carolina’s alcoholic husband, Joey. She passes the days shoplifting, hanging out with her friends and trying to avoid Joey. After a life-changing event, America, whose Spanish is limited, is sent to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to live with her reclusive and anti-American grandmother, Lucia America Campos. In Argentina, America struggles to find her place with a grandmother she has never known and to hold onto a friendship with Sergio, a neighbor twice her age. 99 min. Subtitles.
SPECIAL NOTE: Director/writer Cristina Kotz Cornejo will be in attendance and will answer questions from the audience after the screening.
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