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Border Film Week 2017

Border Film Week 2017

Date and Time

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

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Tuesday, February 7, 2017 — Friday, February 10, 2017

Location

Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, Peace and Justice Theater

5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110

Cost

Free and open to the public

Details

The 2017 edition of Border Film Week brings together an inspiring collection of films that challenge us to rethink violence in Mexico, find reasons to be hopeful, and to imagine a world beyond our horizons. For more than a decade, the Trans-Border Institute has organized an annual festival showcasing the best short and feature-length films about the border, Mexico, and the relationship between the U.S. and its southern neighbors. Believing in the transformative power of visual media to break through stagnated debates and open new dialogues, TBI created Border Film Week to engage students, educators, and the community through powerful films about important regional issues. These films, and the panel discussions with artists and scholars that follow them, promote visual literacy and reflection at a time when the accessibility of cellphone cameras and social media has meant that the tools for storytelling are more widely available than the skills to interpret and understand.

In February 2017, the 11th annual Border Film Week will bring four days of images, art, and discussion to San Diego and Tijuana. Hosted by the Trans-Border Institute at the University of San Diego’s Kroc School of Peace Studies with arts direction and curation by the POLEN Audiovisual Art Collective in Tijuana, this year’s festival highlights feature films on topics including immigration, violence, human rights, and the environment. On February 7, 8, and 9, join us at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Theater, and on February 10 at the Cine Tonalá in Tijuana, for film showings, art exhibitions, receptions, and panel discussions with filmmakers and scholars. All events are free and open to the public.

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Baker McKenzie, the Asociación de Empresarios Mexicanos, the Consulate General of Mexico in San Diego, and the U.S. Consulate General in Tijuana.

  • Schedule

    Tuesday, February 7: The Border in our Minds: Confronting Stereotypes

    Peace and Justice Theater, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Building, University of San Diego

    5:00 p.m.

    Juan Perros (2016)
    Rodrigo Imaz
    Forsaking the society that cast him and his animals aside, Juan finds life in the solitude and peace that rests among the ruins of our culture.

    La Esquina del Mundo (2016)
    Mariano Rentería Garnica
    At Punta Cometa, it is said the sea is a teacher who shows man how to live, fish and at a set time, leave the world forever.

    7:00 p.m. 

    The Weekend Sailor (2016), Bernardo Arsuaga
    In 1973, an inexperienced Mexican captain named Ramon Carlín battled boating veterans, public mockery, and the deadly sea when he competed in the first nine-month around-the-world regatta.

    8:15-9:00 p.m.

    Panel Discussion

     

    Wednesday, February 8: Belleza Mexicana: Reflections on Beauty and Death in Mexican Cinema

    Peace and Justice Theater, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Building, University of San Diego

    5:00 p.m.

    María Candelaria  (1943)
    Emilio Fernández
    Dolores del Rio stars as a flower seller in the floating gardens of Xochimilco, outside of Mexico City. Her relationship with Lorenzo (Pedro Armendariz) is doomed by misfortune and the greed of a local shopkeeper.

    6:30 p.m.

    Noche Mexicana Cocktail Reception sponsored by Consulate General of Mexico in San Diego

    7:30 p.m.

    Los Reyes del pueblo que no existe (2015)
    Betzabé García
    Three families live in a village partially flooded by a new dam in Sinaloa: Pani and Paula do not want to close their tortilleria and spend their spare time rescuing the town from ruins; Miro and his parents dream of leaving but can’t; Yoya and Jaimito live in fear but have everything they need.

     

    Thursday, February 9: Mexican Dream/Mexican Nightmare

    Peace and Justice Theater, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Building, University of San Diego

    5:00 p.m.

    Soy el Número 16 (2016)
    Rafael Pineda y Leopoldo Hernández
    A journalist narrates an animated stop-motion retelling of his traumatic kidnapping. 

    Unsilenced (2016)
    Betzabé García
    An activist is murdered on-air while hosting a radio show for fellow displaced residents of a rural town in Mexico.

    Las hijas de violencia (campaña contra el acoso callejero).
    A group of female artists combat sexual harassment with punk rock and confetti guns.

    Undocumented (2016)
    Chris Cashman (7:30)
    A look at the impacts of a potential mass deportation program on millions of families.

    7:00 p.m.

    Through the Wall (2016)
    Tim Nackashi
    Abril is living undocumented in the United States with her 2 year-old boy Julián. Julián’s father was stopped by police for a minor traffic incident and was deported back to Mexico. In order to see each other, Uriel, Abril and Julián must cross difficult terrain to reach the border fence where they spend time together through the wall. 

    Mexican Dream/ Sueño Mexicano (2015)
    Jon Wetterau and Alex Ruiz Euler
    This documentary is about indigenous Mixtec immigrants from a remote pueblo in the Oaxaca who travel to Austin, Minnesota, to work for iconic meatpacking companies. The people from this one community make up most of the immigrant community in the cold mid-western town where they coexist uncomfortably with the mostly white residents.

    8:00-9:00 p.m.

    Panel Discussion and Public Forum on Immigration Politics:
    Pedro Ríos, AFSC
    Tom Wong, UC San Diego
    Eileen Truax, Association of Hispanic Journalists

     

     

    Friday, February 10: Noche Tijuana: Human Trafficking and the Anvil of Fear

    Cine Tonalá, Avenida Revolución 1317, Tijuana

    5:30 p.m.

    Nestora-Eva (2016)
    Colectivo Los Ingrávidos (1:47)
    A reimagining of the story of Nestora Salgado.

    Aquí nuestro presente parece suspendido (2014)
    Colectivo Los Ingrávidos (3:45)
    The memory of dirty war violence in Guerrero

    Transmisión/Desencuadre (2014)
    Colectivo Los Ingrávidos (4:30)
    Narratives of violence and the importance of a picture.

    6:00 p.m.

    Tempestad (2016)
    Tatiana Huezo
    Tempestad is the parallel journey of two women. Mirror-like, it reflects the impact of the violence and impunity that afflict Mexico. Through their voices, we are drawn into the heart of their feelings, steeped in loss and pain, but also love, dignity and resistance.

    7:15 p.m.

    Panel Discussion

    8:00 p.m.

    Noche Tijuana Cocktail Reception and Closing Ceremony sponsored by the U.S. Consulate General in Tijuana

  • Parking and Directions

    Films on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday will be shown at the Peace and Justice Theater at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice building (KIPJ) at the University of San Diego. Enter on Marian Way at USD’s West Entrance. Metered parking is available at the West Lot and the KIPJ is a short walk uphill or an easy shuttle ride from the parking structure. Handicapped parking is available in the garage under the KIPJ or in the lot behind the Institute. More parking information can be obtained at the kiosk at the West Entrance.

    Friday night will be hosted at the Cine Tonalá in Tijuana on Avenida Revolución. Parking is not available, through the theater, though there are paid parking lots in the area.

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