Join us for a celebration of Latinx stories and a series of bilingual community events in our free three-day ¡Viva el cine! x Education program, from Thursday, March 2 to Saturday, March 4 2023. This new special event highlights films that are borderless in place, language and future.

¡Acompañenos en una celebración de historias Latines y eventos bilingües en nuestro evento gratuito, ¡Viva el cine! x Educación, empezando Jueves 3 de Marzo al Sábado 4 de Marzo del 2023. En este nuevo evento nos enfocamos en narrativas sin fronteras en lugar, lenguaje y espacio.

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An animated feature documentary providing a window into the hearts and minds of ​​immigrant youth and their undocumented families in the United States.

Un documental animado que abre la ventana a los corazones y las mentes de los jóvenes inmigrantes y sus familias indocumentadas en los Estados Unidos.

RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 10 AND UP

Directors Carlos Hagerman & Jorge Villalobos, Mexico/ USA, 2022, 87 min
MVFF45 OFFICIAL SELECTION

SATURDAY, MARCH 4 • 11:00 AM

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ADDITIONAL ¡VIVA EL CINE! PROGRAMS

FREE COMMUNITY SCREENINGS IN SAN RAFAEL

HISTORIAS DE CULTURA: OAXACA EN SANTA CRUZ

COMMUNITY SCREENING + VIVA IN THE BAY | CINE EN LA COMUNIDAD + VIVA EN LA BAHÍA

PICKLEWEED COMMUNITY CENTER | 50 Canal St • San Rafael

DIRECTOR MEGAN MARTINEZ GOLTZ IN PERSON

While finding ways to recover during this post-pandemic era, indigenous elders share how accessing traditions from their homelands in Oaxaca are a vital tool for healing not only themselves but also their communities in Santa Cruz, CA. This three-part documentary series explores elements of food, medicine, and music.

Buscando maneras de sobrevivir la pandemia, un grupo de indígenas de la tercera edad comparten tradiciones de sus tierras natales en Oaxaca y las convierten en herramientas vitales para curarse no sólo a ellos mismos sino también a sus comunidad en Santa Cruz, CA. Esta serie explora elementos de comida, medicina y música.

Director Megan Martinez Goltz, USA, 2023, 30 mins

THURSDAY, MARCH 2 • 7:00 – 8:00

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CANYON CINEMA’S CINE-ESPACIOS

VIVA IN THE BAY | VIVA EN LA BAHÍA

SMITH RAFAEL FILM CENTER | 1118 Fourth St • San Rafael

In collaboration with Canyon Cinema—the Bay Area’s leading distributor of independent, non-commercial, and artist-made moving images—CAFILM Education presents a special glimpse of experimental cinema in Mexico. As part of their 2023 publication, Cinemazine #8 Cine-espacios, Canyon Cinema addresses Mexico’s multifaceted underground moving image culture and its distinctive makers.

En colaboración con Canyon Cinema— la distribuidora principal de imágenes en movimiento independientes y no comerciales en el Área de la Bahía— CAFILM Educación presenta un recorrido de cine experimental en México. Formando parte de su publicación del 2023, Cinemazine #8 Cine-espacios, Canyon Cinema aborda la cultura de imágenes en movimiento subterránea de México y sus creadores distintivos.

SATURDAY, MARCH 4 • 7:30 – 8:30pm

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SWING AND SWAY

COMMUNITY SCREENING | CINE EN LA COMUNIDAD

MULTICULTURAL CENTER OF MARIN | 709 Fifth Ave • San Rafael

2020, the year in which everything radically changed, when real and invisible borders took on another dimension, is the root of this filmic provocation. Two girlfriends, separated by the North and South hemispheres of America, intend to remain in touch through a tumult of images, violence, frustrations and desires.

2020, el año en que todo cambió radicalmente, donde las fronteras reales e invisibles tomaron otra dimensión, es la raíz de esta provocación fílmica. Dos amigas, separadas por los hemisferios norte y sur de América, proponen seguir en contacto a pesar del tumulto de imágenes, violencias, frustraciones y deseos. 

RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 18 AND UP

Directors Fernanda Pessoa & Adriana Barbosa, USA, 2023, 30 mins

SATURDAY, MARCH 4 • 7:00 – 8:30pm

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