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Screening Series in Collaboration with Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA
Special guests include Lourdes Portillo, Cheech Marin, Guillermo del Toro, and Edward James Olmos
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents From Latin America to Hollywood: Latino Film Culture in Los Angeles, 1967–2017, a comprehensive series of film screenings, live discussions, oral histories, publications, and a dedicated website. This initiative explores the influences shared between Latino and Latin American filmmakers and the significant work they have created or showcased in Los Angeles over the past fifty years. Running from September 16, 2017, to January 18, 2018, this screening series is part of the Academy’s participation in the Getty-led Southern California-wide arts initiative, Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA.
Curated by Oscar®-nominated documentarian Lourdes Portillo, From Latin America to Hollywood delves into the social, cultural, and political backdrop of the 1960s that sparked the Chicano and New Latin American cinema movements. The program features 25 oral histories from renowned Latino and Latin American filmmakers like Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Gregory Nava, Lucrecia Martel, Patricia Cardoso, and Luis Valdez, providing audiences with an intimate look at their perspectives. During the series, these directors’ films will be showcased alongside public conversations on filmmaking, with some screenings introducing new Academy Film Archive restorations. The oral history interviews were captured between May 2014 and September 2016 and will be available on the Academy’s website starting September 15.
The accompanying publication, From Latin America to Hollywood: Latino Film Culture in Los Angeles 1967-2017, examines the intersections, inspirations, and creative motivations of diverse Latino and Latin American filmmakers through their oral histories, curated by esteemed scholars and writers. This book will be available for free digital download starting September 15.
Additionally, From Latin America to Hollywood: A Public Symposium will feature three panel discussions: “The Historical Latino in Hollywood,” “LA/LA and the New Cinema,” and “How Do Latinas Experience Hollywood?”. These discussions will explore themes raised by the oral histories and publication contributors, including origins and identity, borders and migration, language choice, translation, and emerging voices.
Tickets for the symposium and screening series go on sale September 5 and can be purchased here. Additional screenings will be announced.
The series includes:
NEWFILMMAKERS LA IN FOCUS: LATINO AND HISPANIC CINEMA SHOWCASE
Saturday, September 16 – 4:15 p.m.
Linwood Dunn Theater, Hollywood
Presented by NEWFILMMAKERS Los Angeles and AMPAS, in collaboration with the SAG-AFTRA Diversity Committee and NALIP.
FROM LATIN AMERICA TO HOLLYWOOD: A PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM
“The Historical Latino in Hollywood” and “LA/LA and the New Cinema”
Saturday, September 23 – 2 p.m.
Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills
Featuring authors from From Latin America to Hollywood: Latino Film Culture in Los Angeles 1967-2017.
FROM LATIN AMERICA TO HOLLYWOOD: A PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM
“How Do Latinas Experience Hollywood?”
Saturday, September 23 – 7 p.m.
Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills
Featuring Documentarian Lourdes Portillo, directors Aurora Guerrero, Patricia Riggen, and Fina Torres, producer Monica Reina, publicist Ivette Rodriguez, writers Gabriella Tagliavini and Ligiah Villalobos (schedules permitting).
ZOOT SUIT (1981)
Monday, September 25 – 7:30 p.m.
Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills
With Archive restoration of Valdez’s short, I AM JOAQUIN (1969). Director Luis Valdez and actors Edward James Olmos, Alma Martinez, Tony Plana in person (schedules permitting).
Y TU MAMA TAMBIÉN (2001)
Monday, October 2, 2017 – 7:30 p.m.
Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills
Special guests to be announced.
HOLLYWOOD HOME MOVIES: LA/LA Special Edition
Saturday, October 7, 2017 – 7:30 p.m.
Linwood Dunn Theater, Hollywood
Home movies from the Academy Film Archive featuring Gilbert Roland, Desi Arnaz, Delores Del Río, and more.
BORN IN EAST L.A. (1987) 30TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING
Monday, October 9, 2017– 7:30 p.m.
Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills
Actors Cheech Marin, Daniel Stern, and Kamala Lopez in person (schedules permitting).
LA BAMBA (1987) 30TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING
Saturday, October 14 – 5:00 p.m.
La Plaza Cultura y Artes, Downtown
Actors Lou Diamond Phillips and Esai Morales in person (schedules permitting).
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES (2001)
Monday, October 16 – 7:30 p.m.
Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills
Director Patricia Cardoso, producer Effie Brown, and actors Soledad St. Hilaire and screenwriter Josefina Lopez (schedules permitting).
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN (1985)
Monday, October 23 – 7:30 p.m.
Samuel Goldwin Theater, Beverly Hills
Featuring clips from the Academy’s Oral History project
Producer David Weissman in person (schedules permitting).
DRACULA (1931) Spanish Language Version
Saturday, October 28, 2017 – 2 p.m.
Linwood Dunn Theater, Hollywood
Family screening with a LAUREL & HARDY Spanish language short. Producers Pancho Kohner, Paul Weitz, and actress Susan Kohner (schedules permitting).
PAN’S LABYRINTH (2006)
Monday, October 30 – 7:30 p.m.
Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills
Director Guillermo del Toro and producer Bertha Navarro in person (schedules permitting).
LA CIÉNAGA (2001)
Monday, November 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills
Special guests to be announced.
WIKIPEDIA EDIT-A-THON
Saturday, November 4 – 11am-4pm
Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
As part of the Academy’s programs for Pacific Standard Time LA/LA, participants will help create new Wikipedia entries related to Latin American filmmakers and update existing records.
STRAWBERRY AND CHOCOLATE (1993)
Monday, November 13 – 7:30 p.m.
Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills
Actors Jorge Perugorria and Mirta Ibarra in person (schedules permitting).
LOS PEQUEÑOS GIGANTES (LITTLE GIANTS) (1960)
Saturday, November 18 – 2:00 p.m.
Linwood Dunn Theater, Hollywood
Academy Film Archive restoration and family screening
Special guests Ángel Macías and José Maiz García (schedules permitting).
STAND AND DELIVER (1988)
Saturday, November 18 – 7:00 p.m.
Linwood Dunn Theater, Hollywood
Family screening with actors Edward James Olmos and Lou Diamond Phillips in person (schedules permitting).
AMORES PERROS (2000)
Monday, November 20, 2017 – 7:30 p.m.
Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills
Actor Goya Toledo in person (schedules permitting).
DANZÓN (1991)
Monday, November 27 – 7:30 p.m.
Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills
Cinematographer Rodrigo Garcia in person (schedules permitting).
DEEP CRIMSON (1996)
Monday, December 4 – 7:30 p.m.
Samuel Goldwyn Theater, Beverly Hills
New Uncensored Mexican Archive version.
Director Arturo Ripstein and screenwriter Paz Alicia Garciadiego in person (schedules permitting).
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