The inside story from the ultimate insiders

Film
No End in Sight
Mon, Nov 12, 3pm
Teatro Santa Ana
Biblioteca Pública
Insurgentes 25
50 pesos

In observance of Veterans Day in the US, the Center for Global Justice presents a film about the current war in Iraq that is producing a whole new generation of veterans—and may continue to do so for years to come. No End in Sight chronicles the reasons behind Iraq’s descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy. It is a jaw-dropping, insider’s tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality. Based on over 200 hours of footage, the film provides a candid retelling of the events following the fall of Baghdad in 2003 by high ranking officials such as former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Ambassador Barbara Bodine (in charge of Baghdad during the Spring of 2003), Lawrence Wilkerson, former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, and General Jay Garner (in charge of the occupation of Iraq through May 2003) as well as Iraqi civilians, American soldiers, and prominent analysts.

No End in Sight examines the manner in which the principal errors of US policy—the use of insufficient troop levels, allowing the looting of Baghdad, the purging of professionals from the Iraqi government, and the disbanding of the Iraqi military—largely created the insurgency and chaos that engulfs Iraq today. How did a group of men with little or no military experience, knowledge of the Arab world or personal experience in Iraq come to make such flagrantly debilitating decisions? No End in Sight dissects the people, issues and facts behind the Bush Administration’s decisions and their consequences on the ground to provide a powerful look into how arrogance and ignorance turned a military victory into a seemingly endless and deepening nightmare of a war.

Fundraisers for Tabasco flood victims

The Day after Tomorrow (2004)
Sat, Nov 10, noon
By donation, limited seating
English w/ Spanish subtitles, 123 minutes
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Emmy Rossum, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward, Arjay Smith, Tamlyn Tomita, Austin Nichols
After years of unabated global warming, the greenhouse effect is wreaking havoc all over the globe in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and, most ominously, the beginning of the next Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist Adrian Hall (Dennis Quaid) tries to save the world while also shepherding to safety his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal), who was in New York when the city was overwhelmed by the beginnings of the new big freeze.

An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Sat, Nov 17, noon
By donation, limited seating
English w/ Spanish subtitles, 100 minutes
Director Davis Guggenheim eloquently weaves the science of global warming with former Vice President Al Gore’s personal history and lifelong commitment to reversing the effects of global climate change. A long-time advocate for the environment, Gore presents a wide array of facts and information in a thoughtful and compelling way. “Al Gore strips his presentations of politics, laying out the facts for the audience to draw their own conclusions in a charming, funny and engaging style, and by the end has everyone on the edge of their seats, gripped by his haunting message,” said Guggenheim. An Inconvenient Truth is not a story of despair but rather a rallying cry to protect the one earth we all share. “It is now clear that we face a deepening global climate crisis that requires us to act boldly, quickly, and wisely,” said Gore. Al Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in October of this year for his work to reverse the effects of global warming around the planet.




CINEMATECA

José Luis’ Pick and Tip

The Pick: Planet Earth Series

“Deserts” and “Ice Worlds” Tuesday, November 13 at 5pm, 

approximately 60 minutes each.

The “Deserts” installment features the harsh environment that covers one third of the Earth. Due to Siberian winds, Mongolia’s Gobi Desert reaches extremes of temperature like no other, ranging from –40°C to +50°C. It is home to the rare Bactrian camel, which eats snow to maintain its fluid level and must limit itself to 10 litres a day if it is not to prove fatal. Africa’s Sahara is the size of the USA, and just one of its severe dust storms could cover the whole of Great Britain. While some creatures, such as the dromedary, take them in their stride, for others the only escape from such bombardments is to bury themselves in the sand. Few rocks can resist them either and the outcrops shown in Egypt’s White Desert are being inexorably eroded. The biggest dunes (300 meters high) are to be found in Namibia, while other deserts featured are the Atacama in Chile, the Sonoran in Arizona, and areas of the Australian outback and Utah. Animals shown surviving in such an unforgiving habitat include elephants, lions (h
unting oryx), red kangaroos (which moisten their forelegs with saliva to keep cool), nocturnal fennec foxes, acrobatic flat lizards feeding on black flies, and dueling Nubian ibex. The final sequence illustrates one of nature’s most fearsome spectacles: a billion-strong plague of desert locusts, destroying all vegetation in its path. Planet Earth Diaries explains how the hunt for the elusive Bactrian camels required a two-month trek in Mongolia. 

The “Ice Worlds” looks at the regions of the Arctic and Antarctica. The latter contains 90% of the world’s ice, and stays largely deserted until the spring, when visitors arrive to harvest its waters. Snow petrels take their place on nunataks and begin to court, but are preyed on by South Polar skuas. During summer, a pod of humpback whales hunt krill by creating a spiralling net of bubbles. The onset of winter sees the journey of emperor penguins to their breeding grounds, 100 miles inland. Their eggs transferred to the males for safekeeping, the females return to the ocean while their partners huddle into large groups to endure the extreme cold. At the northern end of the planet, Arctic residents include musk oxen, who are hunted by Arctic foxes and wolves. A female polar bear and her two cubs head off across the ice to look for food. As the sun melts the ice, a glimpse of the Earth’s potential future reveals a male polar bear that is unable to find a firm footing anywhere and has to resort to swimming — wh

ich it cannot do indefinitely. Its desperate need to eat brings it to a colony of walrus. Although it attacks repeatedly, the herd is successful in evading it by returning to the sea. Wounded and unable to feed, the bear will not survive. Meanwhile, back in Antarctica, the eggs of the emperor penguins finally hatch. Planet Earth Diaries tells of the battle with the elements to obtain the penguin footage and of unwelcome visits from polar bears.

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 of our new ticket price: 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.…

You want to receive this info by email? Write to José Luis at 

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Thank you.

Special Film Global Justice
No End in Sight
Monday, November 12 at 3pm 
In observance of Veterans Day in the US, the Center for Global Justice presents a film about the current war in Iraq that is producing a whole new generation of veterans and may continue to do so for years to come. No End in Sight chronicles the reasons behind Iraq’s descent into guerilla war, warlord rule, criminality and anarchy. It is a jaw-dropping, insider’s tale of wholesale incompetence, recklessness and venality.

Short Film Festival Award Winner
Lost and Found in Mexico
Monday, November 12 at 5:30pm 
Documentary, English, 53 minutes.
Writer/ Director /Producer: Caren Cross
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 - for a simpler life. 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. 

Santa Ana Great Jazz Movies Festival
(Warm-up to the International Jazz & Blues Festival)
The Big Black Bands
Monday, November 12 
at 7:30pm, 60 minutes

Cab Calloway, Lucky Millin-der, Andy Kirk, Billy Ecstine and their orchestras in B&W original footage.
Shadows and Light
Tuesday, November 13 
at 2:30 pm, 80 minutes

Don Alias, Michael Brecker, Lyle Mays, Pat Metheny, Joni Mitchell, Jaco Pastorius.
Fever: The Music of Peggy Lee (2004)
Wednesday, November 14 at noon, 60 minutes

Peggy Lee, Max Bennett, Cy Coleman, Nicki Lee Foster, Quincy Jones, K.D. Lang, Jerry Leiber, Dean Martin, Johnny Mandell, Billy May, Laura Savini, Mark Simone, Nancy Sinatra, Mike Stoller, Grady Tate, Margaret Whiting, ?Andy Williams.
Live at the Blue Note (2005)
Wednesday, November 14 at 3pm, 73 minutes.

Excellent performance by legendary jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, live in the famous Blue Note Studio.
Oscar Peterson Trio ‘77: Jazz in Montreux (2004)
Wednesday, November 14 at 5pm, 60 minutes

Oscar Peterson, Niels Pedersen, Ray Brown
Chet Baker
Wednesday, November 14 at 6:30pm, 60 minutes.

Ellen David, Memories of Oklahoma, Just Friends, Working in the States, Shifting Down
John Coltrane: 4 Tenors 
Thursday, November 15 at noon, 
102 minutes.

John Coltrane Quartet, Ben Webster Quartet, Sonny Rollings Quartet, Charles Lloyd Quartet.
Calle 54 (2000)
Friday, November 16 at 2pm, 
Friday, November 16 at 3:30pm, 105 minutes.
Paquito de Rivera, Eliane Ellias, Chano Dominguez, Jerry Gonzalez, Michel Camilo, Gato Barbieri, Tito Puente, Chucho Valdez, Chico O’farril, Cachao, Bebo Valdez, Patato y Puntillita.



Musical Saturdays:
Stravinsky’s 
The Firebird
Saturday, November 17 at 2:30 pm, 
120 minutes
Director Andris Liepa beautifully re-creates the Paris performances of a century ago of the original Ballets Russes: The Firebird, Schéhérezade and Petrushka. Russian Ballet superstar Liepa directs this excellent all-star cast.


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