Screening this week, July 1-6, 2014 at your FDCP-Cinematheque Baguio is the World Premieres Film Festival Features. Admission is FREE. Film Info: Flor en Otomi (Flower in Otomi) A Mexican documentary directed by Luisa Riley Best Mexican Documentary - Guanajuato IFF Spanish with English subtitles On February 14th, 1974, 19-year-old Dení Prieto Stock was killed by the Mexican army in the town of Nepantla, along with four of her comrades in the Fuerzas de Liberación Nacional (National Liberation Forces), a forerunner to the Zapatistas. FLOWER IN OTOMI depicts Prieto Stocks short, but very full life and the trajectory that brought her to Nepantla and the FLN. (festivalscope) No Hay Lugar Lejano (No Place is Far Away) A Mexican documentary directed by Michelle Ibaven Best Documentary - Morelia IFF Spanish with English subtitles The story of a town at the mercy of a landscape in transformation; standing on the brink of an encroaching reality, one in which the age-old fears of the inhabitants are being reproduced. A hamlet has survived, perched in a remote location where its children can grow up and the elderly can die and stay there. . (festivalscope) El Albergue (The Shelter) A Mexican documentary directed by Alejandra Islas, Spanish with English subtitles Father Alejandro Solalinde built a shelter in Ixtepec, Oaxaca as a refuge for Central Americans traveling north towards the USA on freight trains. His humanitarian assistance has become a risky struggle affecting the interests of human traffickers. In this in-depth documentary, the fragile, intense life stories of migrants are intertwined with Solalindes daily battle for justice. (acmi.net) Gimme the Power A Mexican documentary directed by Olallo Rubio A rockumentary about the Mexican Band Molotov and the political, social and financial context where the band is born and developed. (imdb) Drum South Africa Special Feature Directed by Zola Maseko Drum is a 2004 film based on the life of South African investigative journalist Henry Nxumalo, who worked for the popular Drum magazine, called the first black lifestyle magazine in Africa”. (wiki) The Age of Stupid The Age of Stupid is an enormously ambitious drama-documentary-animation hybrid about an old man living in the devastated world of 2055, watching ‘archive’ footage and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change while we had the chance? Shot in seven countries over a period of 3 years, the film features 6 separate documentary stories, archive footage and animation. The FDCP-Cinematheque Baguio is located at Casa Vallejo, Upper Session Rd. Baguio City. (Below SM, beside Barrio Fiesta).
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