August 24, 2007, CINEMATECA, José Luis Pick and tips, The Last Zapatistas

In the year 2000 the Mexican film director, Francesco Taboada Tabone, began his search for the last of the soldiers to have fought beside General Emiliano Zapata in the 1910 Revolution.

Almost one hundred years after that Revolution, the survivors of the legendary Liberation Army of the South reveal a truth not to be found in any book. Men and women who today raise their voices for the last time leave an invaluable testament for Mexico and the world in the award-winning documentary film The Last Zapatistas, Forgotten Heroes.

They speak of the failure of the Revolution and of today’s neoliberal governments, of the agrarian and ecological disaster threatening their country and of imminent civil war if the Zapatista ideals they represent continue to be ignored.

These men and women are chapters of unjust history, abandoned wisdom, banners for Mexico’s underprivileged....they are the Forgotten Heroes. This documentary includes the historic encounter between members of the Zapatista National Liberation Army and the Zapatista veterans.

Director Francesco Taboada Tabone will be present for Q & A.

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 want to remind you our new ticket price is 50 pesos and discount cards buy 12 shows for 450 pesos

Starting Monday, after 11am, buy your tickets in advance 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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The Tiger and the Snow (La Tigre e la neve 2005)
Monday, August 27 at 3pm
Wednesday, August 29 at 3pm
Italian comedy, Italian with English subtitles, 110 minutes.
Director: Roberto Benigni
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Jean Reno, Tom Waits
Borrowing a bit from the plot of his Oscar-winning film Life Is Beautiful, Italian actor-director Roberto Benigni plays a romantic poet who vows to follow his love (Benigni's real-life wife, Nicoletta Braschi) to the ends of the earth—even if that means going to Iraq at the dawn of the American invasion. Skirting political bias, Benigni's whimsical comedy presents a world in which all camps are absurd. French actor Jean Reno co-stars.

The Last Zapatistas, Forgotten Heroes (2002)
Los últimos zapatistas, héroes olvidados
Monday, August 27 at 5:30pm
Tuesday, August 28 at 5pm
Historic documentary, Spanish with English subtitles, 90 minutes
Director: Francesco Taboada Tabone will be present for Q & A.
Cast: Marcelino Anrubio, Audiaz Anzures, Captain Manuel Corona, Matias Cruz Corridista
In this engrossing piece of living history, director Francesco Taboada Tabone captures a group of men (all well into their 90s) who reminisce about their exploits during the 1910 Mexican Revolution. Through enthralling interviews, the film brings to life the testimony of these last 12 surviving revolutionaries of the storied Liberation Army of the South—patriots who fought and bled alongside General Emiliano Zapata.

PREMIER
Pancho Villa (2006)
Wednesday, August 29 at 5:30pm
Thursday, August 30 at 5:30pm
Documentary México, 90 Minutes
Director: Francesco Taboada Tabone will be present for Q & A.
Production: Manuel Peñafiel Producciones
“The conditions of injustice, misery and government corruption that exist today are almost the same as those prevailing in Mexico at the beginning of the twentieth century, when the Revolution broke out. Our objective is to denounce this historic spiral so that the people of America do not forget the inheritance flowing in their blood from the men and women who, throughout the centuries, have given their lives for an ideal.” In the early hours of March 16, 1916, the troops of Pancho Villa invaded the continental territory of the United States, attacking the village of Columbus. At the same time a baby was born in Nazas, Durango, proudly baptized Ernesto Villa Nava, the son of General Francisco Villa. Upon the assassination of Villa by the government in 1923, his mother took him to California and told him: “Never tell anybody who your father was, because your life and mine are in danger.” Eighty-three years later, Ernesto Nava came to his father's land and discovered that General Villa is one of the most respected heroes in his country and a moral guide to millions of peasants throughout Mexico. This is the story of Pancho Villa told by those who knew him.

Kids Movies: Vintage Cartoons
Saturday September 1 at noon
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