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On February 2, the Center for Cultural Investigation of the Autonomous University of Baja California mounted an exhibition of 18 large photographs, taken by photographer David Bacon, on the border wall, next to the garita, or gate, between Mexicali, in Mexico, and Calexico, in the United States. The photographs, which measure about 6' by 4', hang on the steel beams that make up the wall in the section of the border that lies between the two cities. They hang on the Mexican side, next to the lanes where traffic lines up, waiting to cross into the U.S. At times, hundreds of cars spend over an hour in the lines, giving drivers ample opportunity to look at and react to the images.

“Abby and the Lights in the Sky” is suburban science fiction as a vehicle for humanist drama. The film blends genres to investigate the mysteries of loss and the mystifying nature of hope.
EVENT:
Los Angeles Premiere of "Abby and the Lights in the Sky”
DATE:
Saturday, January 28, 2012
TIME:
9:00 PM - 2:00 AM
WHERE:
Akbar
4356 West Sunset Boulevard
at Fountain Avenue in Silver Lake
Los Angeles, California 90029
NOTE:
Come dressed as your favorite character from science-fiction films of the 70s, 80s, and early 90s. Think Marty McFly, Elliot, and scientist Truffaut.
Celebrate with the cast and crew. Akbar is open to Earthlings 21 and up.
XAVIER RAPHAEL VANEGAS
Congratulations to Xavier Raphael Vanegas, son of Xavier Vanegas and Reyna Vanegas Bonilla for debuting his film in Los Angeles this Saturday. Amigos Nicaraguenses, if you are in the Los Angeles area, we invite you to join in the Movie Premiere at Akbar!
On January 28, 2012, a screening of “Abby and the Lights in the Sky,” the latest film from the Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship® recipient director Xavier Vanegas, will be held at Akbar in Silver Lake. Supporters of the film will unite to celebrate the accomplishment and movie premiere of a first generation Nicaraguan-American film director.
Xavier graduated from Columbia University in 2007 and USC’s Peter Stark Program in 2010 and on January 28, 2012 he will debut the premiere of his film "Abby and the Lights in the Sky."
The film stars Abigail Eiland and Alex Newell and is produced by Cody Alan Theilman & Xavier Raphael Vanegas and Executive Produced by Christopher Din. Directed by Xavier Raphael Vanegas.

Por Elena Poniatowska, publicado en La Jornada el 4 de diciembre de 2011.

"De jugar entre gallos y cochinos en un pueblo sin corrales ni bardas entre la montaña y el mar, Javier Martínez Pedro, pintó a un niño que tuvo que emigrar a Estados Unidos como tantos otros mexicanos para quienes la única salida es irse. En su tierra, el niño jugaba a esconderse detrás de las palmeras, ayudaba a su padre a cargar las sandías, el terreno era suyo aunque no lo fuera, el sol y la felicidad estaban allí a la vuelta del surco. Al pasar del otro lado descubrió la llamada modernidad y la discriminación en la calle, en el campo y en las grandes tiendas de autoconsumo..." Leer opinión completa.

Juan Carlos Rulfo is a Mexican screenwriter and director. His film Los que se quedan (96 min., 2008) is an award winning documentary produced with funding from the Fundación BBVA Bancomer. Rulfo co-directed and co-produced the film which is a depiction of the families and villages left behind by those who have traveled north for work. The impact of migration on “those left behind” is seen during 11 months in the lives of nine families living in six different states in Mexico.

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The film will be shown in Spanish with English subtitles. Free and open to the public.

Image courtesy of Juan Carlos Rulfo.

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El Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes invita al estreno de la película: La Bestia. Proyecto impulsado por Pedro Ultreras y BACAANDA a través de MIGRANTES FRONTERA SUR.

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Cineteca Nacional: Hasta el 28 de julio de 2011 / 17:00 horas.

Sedes alternas: hasta el 7 de agosto de 2011.

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INFORMES: www.labestiasur.blogspot.com