Global Justice Center presents film on Cuban health care system
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¡SALUD! Mon, Aug 6, 3pm Teatro Santa Ana Biblioteca Pública Insurgentes 25 50 pesos |
Global Justice invites you to take a deeper look at the Cuban health care system by viewing a new documentary film, ¡SALUD! Filmed in Cuba, South Africa, Gambia, Honduras and Venezuela, ¡SALUD! records the voices and experiences of Cuban medical professionals at home, highlights the Cuban approach to community-based care and explores the country’s medical diplomacy program.
When will we all have health care?, the film asks. When will we train doctors for service? When will thousands of health professionals volunteer to serve worldwide in poor areas? “Right now”, answers Cuba. Michael Moore, in his new documentary Sicko, provoked controversy by taking three 9/11 firemen to Havana for treatment. Although the United States leads the world in biomedical research and high-tech medicine, Cuba scores comparably on many health care indicators at a fraction of the cost. How can such a poor country achieve infant mortality, immunization and life expectancy at comparable levels to the US and what lessons can we draw from that experience? Cuba has more doctors per capita than any other country and has more serving in the Third World than the World Health Organization—(M)100,000 since 1963.
Democratic triple threat
Film
Three films: The Roots of Democracy,
Democracy or Empire, Open Space and Democracy.
Tues, Aug 7, 3–(N)4:30pm
Teatro Santa Ana
Biblioteca Pública
Insurgentes 25
50 pesos
The last of the Bioneers Summer Film Series is on the theme of democracy. Three different speakers will approach the idea of democracy from different perspectives. The vista is illuminated by the personal, historical, and environmental highlights of these speakers, all of whom intertwine the personal and the political through their stories.
The first speaker will be indigenous leader Oren Lyons, speaking on The Roots of Democracy. Lyons is a traditional faithkeeper from the Turtle Clan and a member of the Onodagan Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy. He is deeply involved with national and international issues that affect indigenous people and has represented them in many forums around the world, including at the UN, on environmental rights and the rights of indigenous peoples.
Lyons is also a talented artist, lifelong lacrosse player and author of numerous books including Exiled in the Land of the Free, Democracy and Indian Nations. He is the recipient of many awards and several honorary degrees.
Tom Hayden, the next speaker, has earned the title of “activist” many times in his 44 years of activism, politics and writing. He has taught previously at Occidental College and Harvard’s Institute of Politics. He serves on the editorial board of The Nation magazine for which he writes on global justice movements. Hayden will be speaking on the current status of the US at a crossroads, Democracy or Empire?
The third film features a personal and reflective talk by naturalist writer Terry Tempest Williams. She uses “The Politics of Place” as a background for many of her talks and writings. Here she speaks movingly of family, the Utah canyon lands, family illness, the environment and the living relationship of Open Space and Democracy. UTNE magazine describes her as one of today’s leading visionaries and environmentalists. Her writing “follows wilderness trails into the realm of memory and family, exploring gender and community through the prism of landscape.” She is the author of LEAP, Refuge, Red and other books.
The films will be shown at the Santa Ana Theatre. After the films a Conversation Café (in the café) will be held to discuss issues raised in the films, particularly our own views on the US and democracy at a crossroads.
Steve Earle, country music renegade
Film
An All-American Boy
Thurs, Aug 9, 3pm
Teatro Santa Ana
Biblioteca Pública
Insurgentes 25
50 pesos
An All-American Boy, this week's selection for the Center for Global Justice Film Series, provides an entertaining and compelling look at musician/political activist Steve Earle, an ex-con, former junkie and country music renegade in the mold of Woody Guthrie.
A former San Miguel resident and a brilliant, commercially successful singer/songwriter, Earle has been a particularly outspoken opponent of the death penalty and the perversion of the American justice system. This fascinating documentary follows him through 2002 and 2003 tours and promotional appearances. Fifteen of his songs are featured in the 95-minute film, book-ended with incisive political commentary delivered with humor, soul and passion.
“Cinemateca Programación para la semana
del 6 al 12 de Agosto de 2007”
José Luis Pick’n’tip:
The Picks:
Muxes
A unique way of life. A different understanding on sexuality. An indigenous tradition which has prevailed despite the Spanish, despite mestizos, despite social-religious-state norms. Queer paradise, some cross-dressers suggest. There are also beautiful women, Elena Poniatowska pointed out. An anthropological delight, academics have figured. A foundation-shaking perception on sex, gender and sexuality, I found. A reality that must be portrayed in a documentary, Alejandra Islas thought.
The Tip:
Important:
In order to provide the best viewing experience, the show times for some movies may be adjusted to accommodate their length, be sure to check the schedule carefully. I also remind you our new ticket price; 50 pesos and discount cards 12 shows for 450 pesos
Starting Monday, after 12 noon, buy in advance your tickets for any movie or show of the week. If you have a discount card, collect your pass to assure you a seat; don’t take the risk of being locked out…. Nos vemos en el Cine….
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Thank you.
The Movies:
Lost and Found in Mexico
Monday, August 6 at 5pm Q and A afterwards
Writer/Director/Producer: Caren Cross
Documentary, English, 53 minutes
The illusion of the American dream is challenged in this portrait of ex-pats in San Miguel de Allende who discovered that some vital things were missing in their prior lives. While many Mexicans are leaving families behind and risking their lives to cross the border to a better life, this film focuses on the Americans who have decided to cross the border in the other direction—(M)for a simpler life. In Caren Cross’s documentary we meet ex-pats of varying ages who have given up ‘the good life’ in the USA for a home in Mexico that provides more than money can buy. Happy to live with less, among a people they respect and admire, these ex-professionals and executives explain why they have left family and friends behind to live in a country where crowded malls and Blackberries have been replaced by books, art and casual conversations. Q & A with Caren Cross following the film.
Global Justice Special
Fidel (2002)
Wednesday, August 8 at 5:30 pm
Fidel: The Untold Story
Biographical Documentaries, English, 91 minutes.
Director: Estela Bravo
Cast: Fidel Castro, Muhammad Ali, Harry Belafonte, Angela Davis, Nelson Mandela, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
This documentary by director Estela Bravo takes a look at the political and social impact the immensely powerful Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has had on the world during the 40-plus years he's been in power. Through interviews with politicians (Nelson Mandela, Arthur Schlesinger), friends (Gabriel Garcia Marquez) and other cultural experts (Alice Walker), Fidel's personality and work are explored and discussed.
Sexual Diversity Festival
Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001
Wednesday, August 8 at 12 noon
Director John Cameron Mitchell
A transexual punk rock girl from East Berlin tours the US with her rock band as she tells her life story and follows the ex-boyfriend/bandmate who stole her songs. Hedwig, born a boy named Hansel in East Berlin, fell in love with an American GI and underwent a sex-change operation in order to marry him and flee to the West. Unfortunately, nothing worked out quite as it was supposed to. Years later, Hedwig is leading her rock band on a tour of the US, telling her life story through a series of concerts at Bilgewater Inn seafood restaurants. Her tour dates coincide with those of arena-rock star Tommy Gnosis, a wide-eyed boy who once loved Hedwig... but then left with all her songs.
Sordid Lives (2000)
Thursday, August 9 at 12 noon
Director Del Shores
As three generations of a family in a small Texas town gather for a funeral, we learn the hilarious, sad, trashy truth of the Sordid Lives.
We become intimate with the Sordid Lives of a family in a small Texas town preparing for the funeral of the mother. Among the characters are the grandson trying to find his identity in West Hollywood, the son who has spent the past twenty-three years dressed as Tammy Wynette, the sister and her best friend (who live in delightfully kitschy homes) and the two daughters (one strait-laced and one quite a bit looser).
Muxes
Documental- Talk
Saturday, August 11 at 10 am
Autenticas Intrepidas, buscadoras de peligro
Alejandra Islas Guest Speaker
Muxhes (pronounced ‘mooshays,’ and spelled in at least three different ways) are Juchiteco men who have sex with other men, and who may or may not dress with traditionally female clothing (tehuanas and huipiles). Muxhes, are also the door which opens to a world of new words, definitions and understandings on sexuality, sex, and gender. Juchitan stands out for giving muxhes a major social role in society prior to (and albeit) the Spanish arrival (needless to say before the gay liberation movement), and for keeping its tradition and friendly ways despite what has become the Mexican society and its repressive ways
Found in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca, the Zapotec community of Juchitán and its traditions offer us a case to study and learn about cultures and sexuality. Far more, it may offer a case to admire and look up to when speaking about sexuality, culture and respect. Alejandra Islas, in her documentary film Muxes: Authentic, Intrepid Danger Seekers takes us on a journey to a new and distant culture, allowing us to see a part of the muxhe life up close. Some mothers cry, like many other mothers, afraid that their sons are muxhes. Others comment on the father’s disapproval of their son’s sexual practices and choice on clothes. But differently from the typical frustrated gay tale, this journey is full of flowers, which they wear on their clothes, on their hair, which are used to decorate their vela (special party meant to celebrate patrons and members of the community together). This journey also unveils the blessed realities that happen in contexts that we hardly hear of or talk about.
Muxes was the winner of the Audience Award at the Morelia International Film Festival. Alejandra Islas comes to San Miguel to present the film and share her experience. A promising trip, that is definitely worth honoring.
Breakfast on Pluto
Friday, August 10 at 12 noon
Director: Neil Jordan
Set in the 1970s, Breakfast on Pluto follows the exploits of Patrick Braden, an endearing, but deceptively tough, young man. Abandoned as a baby in his small Irish hometown and aware from a very early age that he is different, Patrick survives this harsh environment with the aid of his wit and charm, plus a sweet refusal to let anyone and anything change who he is.
Kids Movies: Vintage Cartoons
Saturday August 11 at 12 noon
Free entrance.
Musical Saturdays:
Will resume in Winter