May
22
Wed
José Martí: El Ojo del Canario @ Institute of Hispanic Culture of Houston
May 22 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Country: Cuba 2009
Plots keywords: Drama | Cuban Revolution | 19 Century
Language: Español – English subtitles
Director and Writer: Fernado Pérez Vadés
Production Co: Co-producción Cuba-España; Televisión Española (TVE) / Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (ICAIC) / Lusa Films S.L. / Wanda Films
Runtime: 120 min.
Cast: Daniel Romero Bildaín, Rolando Brito, Broselianda Hernández, Enrique Lázaro Piedra, Manuel Porto, Julio César Ramírez, Damián Rodríguez, Francisco López Ruiz, Eugenio Torroella
Awards: 2010 Premios Ariel: Mejor película iberoamericana (ex aequo)

José Martí: El Ojo del Canario

José Martí, entre los 9 y los 17: los únicos años en que conoció de cerca a su patria y en los que aprendió a amarla y entenderla, para hacer la magna obra que le tomó el resto de su vida. No es una biografía: es un itinerario espiritual inspirado en la infancia y adolescencia del héroe nacional cubano José Martí.

”José Martí fue un hombre de una sensibilidad muy especial que marcó la historia de Cuba, pero también fue un ser humano común, corriente, como cualquiera de nosotros. Creo que eso es lo que hace grande a los grandes hombres. Mi película se sumerge en la complejidad cotidiana que formó el carácter de Martí durante su infancia y adolescencia. La mirada será más personal que histórica, más subjetiva que biográfica. Cada cubano tiene su Martí. En este filme, yo trataré de expresar el mío.” -Fernando Pérez, Director

José Martí: The Eye of The Canary

Little is known of the childhood and youth of the great 19th-century Cuban liberator, José Martí. This robust biopic imagines his early years. The son of a magistrate, the precocious Martí — “Pepe” to family and friends — takes an early interest in justice. Gradually he enters the nascent independence movement and, not yet 18, is arrested for sedition. Respectful, yet not worshipful, this is a portrait of the revolutionary as a young man, and a stirring historical drama besides.
José Martí: The Eye of the Canary was awarded the Ariel for Best Latin American Film at the Mexican Academy Awards in 2011.
Fernando Pérez has published articles on cinema and taught courses on film appreciation and cinema history at various Cuban universities. His filmography contains over a dozen titles including Havana Suite (2003), Life is to Whistle (1998) and Madagascar (1995). He was chosen as the most outstanding Cuban film director of the 1990s by the Cuban Film Press Association.

FILM SERIES:  The History Through Cinema

Apr
6
Mon
Noche de películas junto a IHCH /Movie Night with IHCH Online Screening @ Online Screening
Apr 6 – May 4 all-day

April programing:

La Otra Conquista/The Other Conquest
Country: Mexico 1998/2008
Director & Writer: Salvador Carrasco
Screening during the week of April 6 to 12
With English subtitles

Alatriste
Country: Spain 2006
Director: Agustín Díaz Yanes
Writer: Agustín Díaz Yanes (Novela: Arturo Pérez- Reverte)
Screening during the week of April 13 to 19
With English subtitles

Noche de películas junto a IHCH /Movie Night with IHCH

Online Screening

Join the IHCH to view these online films. Watch these acclaimed Hispanic-American films at home!
Screenings begin April 6 and run through May.

The IHCH relives for the general public its film series History Through Cinema which was presented last year. The series consists of 16 current Latin American and Spanish films that give an account of Hispanic-American history from the 15th century to the present.
Stay tuned in our fan facebook page @IHCHOUSTON

April/May programing:

Goya en Burdeos/Goya in Bordeaux
Country: Spain 1999/2000
Director: Carlos Saura
Writer: Carlos Saura, Luigi Scattini
Screening during the week of April 20 to 26
With English subtitles

El Libertador/The Liberator
Country: Venezuela 2013
Director: Alberto Arvelo
Writer: Timothy J. Sexton
Screening during the week of April 27 to May 3
With English subtitles

Watch now "LIBERATOR" by Alberto Arvelo

?ONLINE SCREENING

Historia a través del cine: SXIX “Libertador” de Alberto Arvelo
https://ok.ru/video/1950709451506

Screening during the week of April 27 to May 3  ?
Libertador / Liberator
Venezuela 2013/2014
Director: Alberto Arvelo
Writer: Timothy J. Sexton
*With English subtitles*

Superproducción entre Venezuela y España que relata la figura del militar y político venezolano Simón Bolívar (1783-1830), uno de los principales artífices de la independencia de los países latinoamericanos frente al imperio español en el siglo XIX.

Simon Bolivar fought over 100 battles against the Spanish Empire in South America. He rode over 70,000 miles on horseback. His military campaigns covered twice the territory of Alexander the Great. His army never conquered – it liberated.

 

*Restricted: Parental accompaniment required for younger audiences.//CONTENIDO SUGERIDO PARA MAYORES DE 16 AÑOS*
*Contenido disponible desde el día 27 de abril hasta el 3 de mayo*

Jul
16
Thu
Gracias a la vida – Un tributo a Mercedes Sosa @ Online Event
Jul 16 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Nacida el 9 de julio de 1935 en San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina, Mercedes Sosa es considerada la mayor muestra del folklore en Argentina. Fundó el “Nuevo Cancionero” y cuenta con 35 álbumes de estudio, dos EPs y 11 álbumes en vivo.

Favorita de más de cuatro generaciones en Latinoamérica, hoy queremos recordar su música.

Blu Internacional – Musical Duo

In 1992, Patricia Gras (USA/Argentina) and María Rimbau (Spain, Ecuador) founded Barandúa, a Latin folk and pop ban, with Carlos Gonzalez Rimbau, María’s brother, Luis Silva and Antonio Mazu both from Chile. Together they produced two CD’s, Barandúa Live and Our Songs. Later, Carlitos Gonzalez Blum (US/Spain) and Luis Montes de Oca (Méjico) replaced Luis and Antonio. In 2009, both María and Patricia were struck with breast cancer. To raise money for breast cancer survivors, the Barandúa band held a concert at the University of St. Thomas, Jones Hall to a full house. Following María’s treatment, they decided to become a duo, this time playing international music with the collaboration of sound engineer Mariela Massuh. They sing in Spanish, English, French, Italian, Russian, Arabic, and Portuguese. Blu International music duo performs at parties, weddings, concerts, and on ZOOM under quarantine!