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721 Santa Fe Drive, Denver, CO 80204
Thursday April 4 at 5:30 PM
Opening Night Reception
Una Vida Nueva
Produced by 9News Denver
Filmmaker: Angeline McCall and Chris Hansen
CO, US, 2023, 52 MIN
Filmmakers Angeline McCall and Chris Hansen in Person
Understanding the current migrant crisis in Denver, 1000's of Venezuelan migrants have moved to Denver in less than a year, the services are limited, the options are limited, but the hope and the desire for a better life, a new life, is immense. A journalistic documentary following dozens of families.
Alma in Zoot Suit
Thursday April 4 at 7:30 PM
Zoot Suit
Filmmaker: Luis Valdez
US, 1981, 103 MIN
Actress Alma Martinez and guests in person
It was the secret fantasy of every vato living in and out of
the pachucada to put on the zoot suit.
Based on the true story of the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial in the 1940's, targeting Mexican Americans who wore Zoot Suits and were a part of the Pachuco culture.
A Chicano film classic, based on the stage production by Luis Valdez and El Teatro Campesino, with music performed and directed by Daniel Valdez. The play was the first Chicano play on Broadway.