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Since its inception in 2001, the Boston Latino International Film Festival has been committed to using the power of film to break stereotypes, bring cultures and communities together and reveal the complex issues that affect the Latinx community in the United States, Latin America and Spain.
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SOLD OUT | Precedes "The Infiltrators" | Docufiction, Canada/Mexico | Mixing live action and animated illustrations, a surrealist journey through the origins of a vocation and the genesis of an artistic work...
SOLD OUT | Documentary, USA | A docu-thriller that tells the true story of young immigrants who allow themselves to be arrested by Border Patrol and detained in a shadowy for-profit Florida detention center.
Precedes "Siqueiros: Walls of Passion" | Animation, Mexico | All sorts of things can happen in the search of an idea...
Documentary, USA | One of the great Mexican artists of the 20th century and one of three great Mexican muralists (with Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco), Siqueiros was a controversy-stirring revolutionary and lifetime activist...
Documentary, USA | The dirty secret of Texas' construction boom: abuse of immigrant labor and the fight against widespread construction industry injustices.
Documentary, Cuba/USA | This film shows the technology, culture and landscape that shape this African-Caribbean fusion known as Afrobeats.
Precedes "Bakosó: Afrobeats of Cuba" | Documentary, Mexico | Three Mexican rappers who have found a shelter from adversity in hip-hop.
Documentary, Mexico | A family reflects on a young man’s disappearance in a Mexican village under the watchful eyes of the horse who saw him last.
Documentary, USA | Carmen Castillo is a Dominican City Councilwoman who maintains her job cleaning hotel rooms...
Precedes "Miriam Miente (Miriam Lies)" | Documentary, USA | Young women of color set out to redefine what black is to them.
Narrative, Dominican Republic | A shy, bi-racial teenager wants to invite a boy to her quinceanera—she fears telling her mother that he’s black.
Narrative, Mexico | A young, single mother who travels far to get to her place of work, Eve has aspirations for the future...
A curated line-up of youth-directed films by the “Point & Shoot” filmmaking class at Zumix, featuring student work from Madison Park High School, Real to Reel and ICA's Fast Forward media program.
Follows Zumix-curated shorts | Narrative, USA | A poetic journey of memory and fantasy told through the eyes of four versions of an artist as she creates her own identity.
Narrative/Doc Hybrid, USA/Brazil/Mexico
Precedes "La Camarista" | Narrative, Mexico | In Juárez, México a young “Cholo” earns his living by watching the “Migra” on the other side of the border...
Narrative, Mexico | "The Chambermaid" a young, single mother who travels far to get to her place of work, Eve has aspirations for the future...
Dramedy/Narrative, USA
Documentary, USA | Join the quest of 25 history students to repatriate General Santa Anna’s prosthetic leg and honor President Lincoln with a Day of the Dead altar.
Documentary, USA | How an instance of campus activism entered the national spotlight, and how a cataloging term became a flashpoint in the immigration debate on Capitol Hill.
Documentary, USA | In the 1970s, the Bronx was on fire. Abandoned by city government, nearly a half-million people were displaced...
Precedes "El Silencio De Otros" | Narrative, Spain |The everyday conversation between Marta and her mother turns into a tragic...
Documentary, Spain/USA | Filmed over six years, “The Silence of Others” reveals the epic struggle of victims of Spain’s 40-year dictatorship under General Franco, and their fight against a “pact of forgetting” around the crimes they suffered.
Documentary, Nicaragua | Shot over the course of seven years, Clean Hands tells the story of the Lopez family surviving Central America’s largest garbage dump, La Chureca.
Narrative, Peru | "Song Without a Name" is based on a true story, a young woman from the Andes whose newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic...
Documentary, USA | Shot over two years, Nora Sandigo is legal guardian to over 2000 US-citizen children of undocumented immigrants, sacrificing everything to keep American-born children with their undocumented parents.
Narrative, Peru | "Song Without a Name" is based on a true story, a young woman from the Andes whose newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic...
Documentary, USA | "The Fourth Kingdom" tells the story of undocumented illegal aliens and underdogs who share disappointment in the American Dream...
Narrative, Brazil/Uruguay/Chile/Denmark/Norway/Sweden | In the year 2027, "Divine Love" is placed in a dystopian Brazil. A deeply religious woman uses her position to save struggling couples from divorce.
Precedes "El Pueblo Soy Yo" | Documentary, USA | The untold story of Boston students who sparked change in Venezuela's worst political crisis.
Documentary, Mexico/Venezuela | "I Am The People: Venezuela Under Populism" sets out to expose the skilful mechanisms of authoritarian power in the government initiated by Hugo Chávez and continued by Nicolás Maduro.
Narrative, Brazil/Uruguay/Chile/Denmark/ Norway/Sweden | In the year 2027, "Divine Love" is placed in a dystopian Brazil. A deeply religious woman uses her position to save struggling couples from divorce.
Precedes "El Día de La Cabra" | Narrative, Colombia | Yover, 12, from Bojayá, must work. Every day he steals from reality, minutes of fantasy and play, which belong to the world of children.
Drama/Comedy, Colombia | "Bad Lucky Goat" tells a story of two bickering teenage siblings embark on a journey of reconciliation after accidentally killing a bearded goat with their father's pick-up truck.
Croma at Arlington Street Church | Awards will be announced for Best Narrative Feature, Best Documentary, Best Short (Narrative & Doc) and Audience Award. Free and open to public. Cash bar and refreshments.
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AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCU. SHORT Cor de Pele
