Country: Mexico, Puerto Rico, USA 2004
Plots keywords: Drama | Civil War El Salvador
Language: Español – English subtitles
Director: Luis Mandoki
Writer: Óscar Torres, Luis Mandoki
Production Co: Coproducción México-EE UU-Puerto Rico; Lawrence Bender Productions / MUVI Films / Organización Santo Domingo / A Band Apart / Altavista Films / Santo Domingo Films
Runtime: 120 min.
Cast: Leonor Varela, Carlos Padilla, Ofelia Medina, José María Yazpick, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Paulina Gaitan
Awards: 2004: 3 Premios Ariel, incluyendo Mejor maquillaje y Coactuación femenina (Medina)
Voces Inocentes
En un pueblo de la periferia de San Salvador, vive Chava (Carlos Padilla), un niño de 11 años, que se encuentra atrapado entre el ejército y la guerrilla salvadoreña. Cuando su padre abandona a la familia, en plena guerra civil, Chava pasa a ser “el hombre de la casa”. En esta época, el gobierno de El Salvador reclutaba niños de doce años. Así que a Chava sólo le queda un año de escuela antes de ser movilizado.
Innocent Voices
A young boy, in an effort to have a normal childhood in 1980’s El Salvador, is caught up in a dramatic fight for his life as he desperately tries to avoid the war which is raging all around him.
Borderlust
by Mauricio Paz Viola & Justin Earl Grant
“Scientists say that human beings are made of atoms, but a little bird told me that we are also made of stories.”
Eduardo Galeano
Mauricio Paz Viola & Justin Earl Grant celebrate their second exhibition together. After their shared experiences in Santiago de Chile 2015, they are reunited once again in the city of Houston.
Borderlust is a reflection on the dynamic experience of how we construct our identity as an emancipatory and paradoxical process.
Paz Viola & Grant’s collection of works present a series of silhouettes of the human figure whose limits are traced and shows the interconnection of the subject with the whole.
Bonderlust aspires to reaffirm the magnitude of possibilities of the expansion of the human being.
Opening // Saturday September 28 @4:00pm
On view until Sat. Oct. 12th
Mon. – Fri. 10 am – 2 pm
Mon. – Sat. 2pm 6pm visits are by prior appointment: info@justinearlgrant.com
Borderlust
by Mauricio Paz Viola & Justin Earl Grant
“Scientists say that human beings are made of atoms, but a little bird told me that we are also made of stories.”
Eduardo Galeano
Mauricio Paz Viola & Justin Earl Grant celebrate their second exhibition together. After their shared experiences in Santiago de Chile 2015, they are reunited once again in the city of Houston.
Borderlust is a reflection on the dynamic experience of how we construct our identity as an emancipatory and paradoxical process.
Paz Viola & Grant’s collection of works present a series of silhouettes of the human figure whose limits are traced and shows the interconnection of the subject with the whole.
Bonderlust aspires to reaffirm the magnitude of possibilities of the expansion of the human being.
Opening // Saturday September 28 @4:00pm
Closing // Saturday October 5th @4:00pm
Acompañanos a decubrir los maravillosos colores y texturas en el lanzamiento de la coleccion ????? ?????.
Por Mamani Mamani en colaboracion con Asarti
Viernes 4 de Octubre de 6:00 pm a 8:00pm en
2401 Fountain View dr. Suite 110, Houston Tx, 77057.
Colombian-American Artist Tatiana Escallon will unveil her most recent paintings, Taste and Contrast – Large Scale (8×12 feet aprox) each.
A work of 3 paintings, Two of them belonging to the collection Taste and Contrast; and the third one, a figurative work inspired by an inevitable moment during the Artist life.
Please Join me for my most important event as an artist, let me share with you my work and celebrate the arts with a toast!
This project is funded in part by The City of Houston, Through Houston Art Alliance.
I will talk about the experience of creating for the first time a large-scale work, the processes, and the meaning of the work as well as the challenge.
The purpose of this project is to share my work with the community, the neighborhood, the city, the world, I hope it inspires others to keep dreams alive and to make them real! It is my contribution to the arts today, and a great opportunity to grow as an artist confronting new challenges that will help me move forward.
It is a honor for me as an artist with an independent studio to be one of the few recipients of the prestigious Support for Artist and Creative Individuals grant from the City of Houston .
The exhibition will be at my studio, a gem from the 1940’s located in the historic Thirdward, Houston, TX.
TASTE & CONTRAST Exhibit on view days/hours
October 5 Saturday, Opening Reception 2:30-5:30pm talk at 3:30pm
October 9, Wednesday 6:00 -8:00pm
October 19 , Saturday 2:30-6:30pm
October 26, Saturday Closing reception 5:30 – 8:30 pm
This program is free and open to the public.
Los invitamos al lanzamiento del libro para chicos y grandes?? ¿Quién vive en Chile? de @magdance
Ven con tus niños este #domingo 06 octubre a las 11:30AM a @ihchouston
¿Quién vive en Chile? Es un libro para colorear que a través de su formato reúne ilustraciones con información didáctica de los pueblos originarios de Chile. ✌?
Se realizará una presentación interactiva del libro junto a un show de títeres para los más pequeños.
Seguido de un cóctel y venta de libros.
Evento gratuito ????
Con el apoyo del Consulado de Chile ??
Country: Spain 2008
Plots keywords: Documentary | Gangs
Language: Español – English subtitles
Director and Writer: Christian Poveda
Production Co: Coproducción España-México-Francia; Aquelarre Servicios Cinematograficos / El Caiman / La Femme Endormie
Runtime: 91 min.
La vida loca
Documental sobre la Mara 18 y, colateralmente, sobre su enconada rival, la Mara Salvatrucha, bandas creadas a partir de modelos surgidos en la ciudad de Los Ángeles, que siembran el terror en El Salvador. Una historia de una imaginería contemporánea creada en un mundo globalizado y que describe los orígenes de uno de los probables mitos fundadores del crimen organizado. Por último, como dato trágico y escalofriante, su director, Christian Poveda, fue asesinado de un tiro en la cabeza en septiembre del 2009 por un miembro de las maras.
Esta película contiene lenguaje e imágenes que pueden afectar su sensibilidad.
La vida loca
“La Vida Loca” reflects a depressing and hopeless reality. The documentary, by photojournalist and filmmaker Christian Poveda, follows some of the members of “la dieciocho”, the so-called 18th Street gang in a poor San Salvador neighborhood.
This movie contains language and images that can affect your sensitivity.
FILM SERIES: The History Through Cinema
Country: Spain 2007
Plots keywords: Migrations | Drama | Road Movie
Language: Español and Arabic – English subtitles
Director: Gerardo Olivares
Writer: Andrés Baiz, Patricia Catañeda
Production Co: Wanda Visión / Explora Films
Runtime: 95 min.
Cast: Adoum Moussa, Mahamadou Alzouma, Aminata Kanta, Mohamed Achemol
Awards: 2007: Seminci: Espiga de Oro, Mejor fotografía, Mejor música
14 Kilómetros
“Catorce kilómetros” es la distancia que separa África de Europa por el Estrecho de Gibraltar. En África hay millones de personas cuyo único objetivo es entrar en Europa porque el hambre no entiende de fronteras ni de barreras. Este largometraje quiere aportar un poco de luz a las sombras de la inmigración. Buba Kanou, Violeta Sunny Sunny y Mukela Kanou emprenden un largo y peligroso viaje hacia Europa a través de Mali, Níger, Argelia y Marruecos y muestran ciertos aspectos no muy conocidos de la realidad africana.
14 Kilometres
14 Kilometres, the distance separating Africa from Europe, is a road movie depicting the hardships and challenges some people undertake in order to reach their dream destination, where they believe they can find paradise.
The film follows the perilous journey of three characters across the Sahara to Morocco in order to cross the Straits of Gibraltar into Spain, as they attempt to reach the supposedly lavish lands of Europe where there is hope for the future. This trio consists of a young girl, Violet, who lives in a village in Mali, escaping her arranged marriage to an old man; Buba, a mechanic and a skillful footballer, and his older brother Mukela from the neighbouring Niger, who suggests that he go to Europe to try his skills there.