DOS ESTACIONES
A film by Juan Pablo González
(Mexico, 2022, 97 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
Q&A with director Juan Pablo González

Director Juan Pablo González offers a welcome twist to the traditional films set in the idyllic haciendas of yesteryear’s Mexican cinema to tell the story of María García, an iron-willed businesswoman who fights the impending collapse of her tequila factory in an increasingly globalized industry. Set in the Jalisco highlands and anchored by a brilliant performance by Teresa Sánchez—winner of a Special Jury Prize for Acting at Sundance—Dos Estaciones is a love letter to the director’s homeland, as well as a potent tale of resilience.

Thursday, May 19, 7pm

CIUDAD
A film by Carlos Rossini, in collaboration with Maya Goded, Julio Hernández Cordón, and Nuria Ibáñez
(Mexico, 2021, 98 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)
*Q&A with director Carlos Rossini / Free Admission

Rather than composing a portrait of a city, this documentary gives rise to a reunion with the elements that appear in it. Carlos Rossini invites Maya Goded, Julio Hernández Cordón, and Nuria Ibáñez to codirect “a glance” that poses a search and the discovery of the gestures of this sprawling city. They choose where they explore from, where they delve, and where they share this experience: a series of mirages in a monumental metropolis.

Saturday, May 7, 10am
Tucson Museum of Art

MAIZE IN THE TIMES OF WAR / EL MAÍZ EN TIEMPOS DE GUERRA
A film by Alberto Cortés
(Mexico, 2016, 88 min. In Tseltal, Ayuujk, Wixárika and Spanish with English subtitles)
*Q&A with producer Carlos Rossini

An indigenous Wixárika (Huichol) family in northern Jalisco, an Ayuuk (Mixe) family in Oaxaca, and two Tzeltal families in the jungles of Chiapas discuss their cornfields, their roads, and their homes. They reflect on the importance of their crops, and the practical knowhow that enables the everyday epic tale of corn, as well as the dangers faced by this crop and the need to preserve the land used by countless indigenous Mexican communities and farmers to grow their cornfields.

Thursday, May 5, 7pm

LA MAMI
A film by Laura Herrero Garvín
(Mexico/Spain, 79 min. In Spanish with English subtitles)

Winner of the Cinema Tropical Award for Best Film, the second feature documentary by Laura Herrero Garvín follows Doña Olga, also known as La Mami, who having worked more than 40 years in nightlife is the caretaker of the women’s restroom at the mythical Cabaret Barba Azul in Mexico City. Night after night, she attends to the dancers who perform there to live music. A beautiful friendship gradually develops between her and newcomer Priscilla, as the two exchange intimate details during their shifts, sharing glances in the mirror. Textural, empathetic, and shot completely from the female perspective, Herrero Garvín crafts an exquisite look into a world of women doing what they have to in order to provide for their families and carve a path for themselves and their loved ones under unforgiving circumstances.

Thursday, April 21, 7pm

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