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Santa Fe Film Center Slate: May 13 – 22, 2008
The Film Center at the Cinemacafe
1616 St. Michaels Drive
(505) 988-7414
Tuesday 5/13 6:30pm: THE CRY (La Llorona)
8:15pm: BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT
Wed. 5/14 6:30pm: LOST & FOUND IN MEXICO
8:15pm: PLUM BLOSSOM IN SNOW
Thursday 5/15 6:30pm: THE CRY (La Llorona)
8:15pm: BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT
Friday 5/16 6:30pm: BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT
8:30pm: PLUM BLOSSOM IN SNOW
Saturday 5/17 10:00am: Kids’ First! Film Club:
DR. DOLITTLE 4: TAIL TO THE CHIEF
2:30-5:30pm: ACLU MEMBERSHIP MEETING
6:30pm: PLUM BLOSSOM IN SNOW
8:15pm: THE SAMURAI, THE MUSLIM AND THE THUG
Sunday 5/18 12:15pm: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
2:30pm: BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT
4:30pm: LOST & FOUND IN MEXICO
6:30pm: THE CRY (La Llorona)
8:15pm: BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT
Monday 5/19 6:30pm: BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
8:15pm: THE CRY (La Llorona)
Tuesday 5/20 6:00pm: SFCC STUDENT FILMS
8:15pm: BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT
Wed. 5/21 6:30pm: PLUM BLOSSOM IN SNOW
8:15pm: THE CRY (La Llorona)
Thursday 5/22 6:30pm: LOST & FOUND IN MEXICO
8:15pm: BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT
SPECIAL EVENTS THIS WEEK
5/17 Saturday: 2:30-5:30 PM
ACLU MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Emmy Award winner Jeremy Kagan and Anneke Campbell will speak at the Northern Chapter of the ACLU of New Mexico’s annual meeting. Kagan directed and the two produced the first season of The ACLU Freedom Files, a 10-part series of documentaries that tells the stories of real people in America whose civil liberties were threatened and shows how they fought back.
5/17 Saturday: 8:15 PM
THE SAMURAI, THE MUSLIM AND THE THUG
(USA, 2007) www.myspace.com/samuraimuslimthug
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First presented at the 2007 Santa Fe Film Festival, local filmmaker Aron Kalaii’s independent feature THE SAMURAI, THE MUSLIM AND THE THUG breaks the traditional mold of Martial Arts films with metaphysical undertones that will make you question reality. This Western-style suspense film is the result of what happens when you combine untold history, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Phi, Pulp Fiction, and the Samurai classic Yojimbo, to a pulsating soundtrack from the SugarBitch “Heaven 90291” album.
5/20 Tuesday: 6:00 PM
SFCC STUDENT FILM SHOWCASE
A presentation of short films made during the past school year by students from Santa Fe Community College Media Arts Moving Image program.
NEW FILMS THIS WEEK
PLUM BLOSSOM IN SNOW
(Sweden, 2005, 51 mins)
5/14 Wednesday 8:15 PM *
5/16 Friday 8:30 PM
5/17 Saturday 6:30 PM
5/21 Wednesday 6:30 PM
* Special preview, followed by guest speakers Jane Dai and Fadu, who inspired the film. A suggested donation of $10, to benefit the Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong.
Jane Dai will be in attendance for all screenings.
Falun Gong is an ancient form of qigong, the practice of refining the body and mind through special exercises and meditation. Like tai chi, qigong is a vital part of many people’s lives in Asia; almost every Chinese park is brimming by the break of dawn with people practicing these arts.
Initially Falun Gong was approved of and promoted by the Chinese government. However, with government estimates of as many as 70-100 million people practicing Falun Gong, the then Chinese leader Jiang Zemin’s regime banned the practice in July 1999. Trying to explain this seemingly incomprehensible act, one theory suggests that the regime could not tolerate Falun Gong’s rapid growth. According to human rights organizations, practitioners are held in labor camps all over China and there are several reports of severe abuse, torture and deaths.
This is the story of Australian Zhizhen Dai and her little daughter Fadu Chen. Their beloved husband and father, Chen Chengyong, was persecuted to death in China for his belief in and support for Falun Gong. Determined to let the world know about the brutal death of her husband, and the ongoing suffering of millions of persecuted Falun Gong practitioners in China, Zhizhen Dai now journeys around the world together with her daughter. She carries the message of human rights, truth and justice with a conviction that can only be achieved through personal experiences and deep insights.
The film was made with the direct participation of Zhizhen Dai and Fadu Chen, renowned human rights lawyer Mr. Georges-Henri Beauthier - probably best known for his role in bringing charges against former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, several members of the European Parliament, human rights activists, and a number of others.
FREE for Kids! KIDS FIRST! Film Club Movie!!
DR. DOLITTLE 4: TAIL TO THE CHIEF
(USA, 2008, 90 mins)
www.kidsfirst.org/detail/207465.html
5/17 Saturday 10:00 AM
Maya Dolittle had applied to vet school, but she's finding that getting accepted is a lot tougher than expected! But, when the President of the United States needs her help to work with the out-of-control First Dog, she discovers that she can use her amazing ability to talk to animals to help the president and the country, and maybe even impress the acceptance committee. Starring Kyla Pratt and Peter Coyote.
RETURNING FAVORITES
BLADE RUNNER: The Final Cut
(USA, 1982, 117 mins)
5/13 Tuesday 8:15 PM
5/15 Thursday 8:15 PM
5/16 Friday 6:30 PM
5/18 Sunday 2:30 PM
5/18 Sunday 8:15 PM
5/20 Tuesday 8:15 PM
5/22 Thursday 8:15 PM
The long-awaited, definitive version of BLADE RUNNER: The Final Cut will have its premiere at the Film Center in celebration of the film’s 25th anniversary. Considered to be one of the greatest sci-fi films of all times, BLADE RUNNER: The Final Cut has been re-mastered by director Ridley Scott in a new version with restored scenes and digital enhancement to once again blow the minds of viewers. BLADE RUNNER: The Final Cut stars Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, and a young Daryl Hannah.
The Urban Legend…that Kills!
THE CRY (La Llorona)
(USA, 2008, 80 mins)
5/13 Tuesday 6:30 PM
5/15 Thursday 6:30 PM
5/18 Sunday 6:30 PM
5/19 Monday 8:15 PM
5/21 Wednesday 8:15 PM
THE CRY is a supernatural thriller based on the legend of La Llorona- a Medea-like myth that has haunted the Americas for more than 500 years, with currently more than 28 million believers in the United States alone.
Directed by northern New Mexico native Bernadine Santistevan, this haunting story takes place over the course of one ominous day when this anguished spirit terrorizes New York City. As La Llorona escalates her appetite for vengeance, a young mother (Adriana Dominguez) comes under her spell and collides with two detectives (Christian Camargo, Carlos Leon), a witch/curandera (Miriam Colón) – and the lives La Llorona cuts short.
Evocative and suspenseful, THE CRY brings to life the chilling supernatural legend of La Llorona, proving there is no rest for a mother who murders her child… and that La Llorona is real.
HELD OVER BY POPULAR DEMAND
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
(USA/MEXICO, 2008, 90 mins)
5/18 Sunday 12:15 PM
5/19 Monday 6:30 PM
In BETWEEN TWO WORLDS, Maya calendar scholars give their opinions in favor of the Mayan calendar and encourage people to start implementing the philosophies of the Maya to their daily lives: “We don’t think about it, but we’re using a calendar, the Gregorian Calendar, that constantly tells us that life is not going anywhere,” said author and Mayan scholar Dr. Carl Calleman. “We’re just on this year after year. It’s a worldview that tells us that life has no purpose, and creation has no purpose, and evolution has no purpose. It’s just this endless, repeated cycle of the Earth around the Sun.”
The Hit Film of the 2007 Santa Fe Film Festival!
LOST AND FOUND IN MEXICO
(US/Mexico, 2007, 94 minutes)
www.lostandfoundinmexico.com
5/14 Wednesday 6:30 PM
5/18 Sunday 4:30 PM
5/22 Thursday 6:30 PM
A fascinating and spiritually edifying documentary about the small town of San Miguel de Allende in the mountains of central Mexico and the Americans who have built a second life for themselves there.
COMING SOON:
May 30: MYSTIC BALL
May 30-June 1: “Unspeakable” A live performance to benefit the Santa Fe Rape Crisis Center.
June 6: Camp Lovewave presents ESOTERIC AGENDA, with a discussion to follow
June 8 – 4:15pm: The third monthly collaboration with the NM Jewish Historical Society.
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