Hey! Today and tomorrow are the last days of the Boston International Film Festival! Todays schedule is at Northeastern University and this is the program. Northeastern University Saturday 16 1.30 p.m. Panel on Media and Immigration / Co-presented by the Massachusetts Lawyers Guild 2.30 p.m. 1st Immigration Program Undocumented, Dana Hodgdon, Gary Novak, Joanne Zielinski, 6 min. USA, Documentary The Vigil, Jenny Alexander, 54 min. USA, Documentary - Website and trailer The Vigil Is the story of three immigrant women who, armed with their faith and traditions, set out to stop America’s most controversial immigration law. 4.00 p.m. The New Entrepreneur’s Manual, Andrew Stehney Vargas, 12 min. Cuba, Documentary Jamon, Iria Lopez, 10 min. USA, Short Animation The Rican-ing of White Boy, Paul Louis, 55 min. Puerto Rico, documentary - Trailer and Facebook Page What happens when a paternally adopted forty seven year old schmuck from Queens, New York, sets out for the first time to meet his long lost Puerto Rican family, after being raised by a tribe of white people? Actor/Filmmaker, Paul Louis (Muller Gonzalez), comically documents his Puerto Rican pilgrimage, with twisted humor, clever insight, Jesus jokes, lots of culture shock, and a surprisingly touching lesson learned on the concept of family, and the spiritual bond that connects us. 5.30 p.m. Co-presented by Boston Area Spanish Exchange (BASE) El rastrillo se quiere comprometer, Santi Veiga, 14 min. Spain 74 Square Metres (74 Metros Cuadrados) Paola Castillo and Tiziana Panizza, 67 min. Chile, documentary - Trailer A fantastically well done documentary about urban development and social problems. This Chilean documentary is a social experiment that moves marginalized families into a middle class neighborhood in Valparaiso, Chile. 7.00 p.m. Flamenco Program El hombre equivocado, Roberto Goñi, 17 min. Spain. Short Sobre Las Olas, Carolina Loyola-Garcia, 100min. USA, documentary - Website and trailer This documentary gives voice to flamenco singers, guitarists, dancers, and scholars as they explore the tradition and struggles of flamenco as it was established in the U.S. Focusing on the main American contemporary flamenco artists, we experience their creative development while witnessing their inheritance of flamenco’s tragic narrative. 9.00 p.m. Justice for My Sister, Kimberly Bautista, 70 min. Guatemala, documentary - Website and trailer This documentary tells the story of Adela, 27, who left home for work one day and never returned. Her ex-boyfriend beat her until she was unrecognizable and left her at the side of the road. Her story is all too familiar in Guatemala, where 6,000 women have been murdered in the last decade. Only 2% of those killers have been sentenced. Adela’s sister Rebeca, 34, is determined to see that Adela’s killer is held accountable. She makes tortillas at home and sells them in order to raise her five children, as well as the three children Adela left behind. The challenges Rebeca encounters in her search for justice are illustrative of the thousands of other cases like this one in Guatemala. However, her willingness to practically take on the role of investigator while she is still mourning is exceptional. She encounters many setbacks during her three-year battle: a missing police report, a judge accused of killing his own wife, and witnesses who are too afraid to testify. Completely transformed by her struggle, Rebeca emerges as a feminist leader in her rural community with a message for others: justice is possible. bliff.org/
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