Teatro Santa Ana
Biblioteca, Relox 50a
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Wednesday, April 1
THE GLEANERS AND I (2000)
France | Documentary / Essay Film Director: Agnès Varda
Duration: 1:22 hrs. In French with English subtitles Programmer: Elías Nahmías, Amy Cotler.
1:15 PM to 4:00 PM
Teatro Santa Ana, La Biblioteca Pública Relox 50 A Centro | Tel:(415) 121 4583 Donation: 133 pesos | 10% cash discount
The Film Lovers Society
Modern Classics / Clasicos Modernos
The Gleaners and I is one of the most celebrated works of French filmmaker Agnès Varda—a personal, wanderingdocumentary that transforms an act of collecting into a meditation on art, waste, and time.
Inspired by the historicalpractice of gleaning—gathering leftover crops after harvest—Varda travels across France meeting those who live from what society discards: farmers, urban foragers, artists, and scavengers.
With a lightweight digital camera, Varda turns the lens on others and on herself, reflecting on aging, memory, and the filmmaker’s own role as a gleaner of images.
The film moves freely between observation and autobiography, blendinghumor, political reflection, and quiet lyricism.
At once intimate and expansive, The Gleaners and I challenges conventional documentary form, embracing chance encounters and personal curiosity.
Following the screening, there will be a discussion with Amy Cotler.
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Martes 14 de abril
Nuestra Tierra
Estreno
Un documental de Lucrecia Martel
Clasificación B
Duración: 2:02 hrs. En español
5:20 pm
Teatro Santa Ana de La Biblioteca Pública
Entrada libre
Cine Club en Cartelera
Tesoros del cine
Javier Chocobar fue asesinado a tiros mientras luchaba contra el desalojo de su comunidad indígena de sus tierras ancestrales en Argentina.
Llega el juicio oral y público por el crimen de Javier Chocobar, comunero chuschagasta asesinado en 2009. El video del asesinato, filtrado en internet, aumenta la presión sobre el sistema judicial.
Mientras tanto, las voces y fotografías de la comunidad en esta película revelan el origen remoto del crimen, arraigado en una historia de usurpación territorial que se extiende desde la época colonial hasta la actualidad.
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Wednesday, April 15
AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD (1972)
West Germany / Peru | Historical Adventure / Existential Epic Director: Werner Herzog
With: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro Duration: 1:34 hrs. In Germanwith English subtitles Programmers: Elías Nahmías, Amy Cotler.
1:15 PM to 4:00 PM
Teatro Santa Ana, La Biblioteca Pública Relox 50 A Centro | Tel:(415) 121 4583 Donation: 133 pesos | 10% cash discount
The Film Lovers Society
Modern Classics / Clasicos Modernos
Aguirre, the Wrath of God is a feverish descent into obsession set during a 16th-century Spanish expedition in search of El Dorado.
As the group drifts deeper into the Amazon, discipline collapses and ambition mutates into madness.
At the center stands Don Lope de Aguirre, portrayed with feral intensity by Klaus Kinski—a man consumed by visions of conquest and divine destiny.
Werner Herzog stages the jungle not as backdrop but as an indifferent, overwhelmingforce, dwarfing human arrogance and exposing the fragility of empire.
Spare dialogue, hypnotic imagery, and an otherworldly score create a sense of mounting inevitability.
Aguirre, the Wrathof God is not simply an adventure tale; it is a stark meditation on power, delusion, and the thin line between ambition and insanity.
Following the screening, there will be a discussion with Amy Cotler.
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Thursday, April 16
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America (2022)
United States | Documentary / Lecture Film
Directed by Emily Kunstler & Sarah Kunstler
Duration: 1:58 hrs. In English
1:00 pm
Teatro Santa Ana in Biblioteca Pública
$175 pesos
Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America is a powerful lecture and archival film that draws a sobering timeline of deep racism in the United States.
Interweaving lecture, personal anecdotes, interviews, and shocking revelations, lawyer Jeffery Robinson traces anti-Black racism in the United States from slavery to the modern myth of a post-racial America.
Film analysis after, led by Hassan Ansah.
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Martes 21 abril
FICM Presenta: Cortometrajes ganadores del 23° Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia
Documental y Ficción
Duración total: 1:52 hrs.
5:20 pm
Teatro Santa Ana de La Biblioteca Pública
Entrada libre
Cine Club en Cartelera
Tesoros del cine
Programa:
Aki. Dir. David Buitrón Fernández | Documental – Ojo de la Sección Michoacana | A
Aki se encuentra con dificultades para desempeñarse como directora escénica. Mientras encuentra una oportunidad para montar una obra de teatro, a la par se hace cargo de su padre, el Sr. Iida de más de 80 años, quien aunque no falto de vitalidad y salud, es un compromiso que Aki se ha dispuesto a cumplir amorosamente.
Las voces del despeñadero. Dir. Irving Erick Serrano López, Victor Rejón | Documental – Mejor Cortometraje Documental Mexicano | A
Una exploración del ritual de los Clavadistas de la Quebrada, al saltar desde 35 metros al mar, acompañado de un poema recitado por ellos y testimonios que reflexionan sobre la fe, la vida y la muerte.
Corolario. Dir. Luz Barragán | Ficción – Mención especial del jurado de la Sección Michoacana | A
Mati, una niña de 8 años, se entera accidentalmente de la muerte de su abuelo al espiar una llamada de su padre. Aunque Hugo no sabe que su hija supo la noticia y la niega, ambos viven su duelo juntos: Mati se refugia dibujando y con un nuevo acompañante que aparece en su vida, Hugo elige su silencio. Un nuevo descubrimiento de Mati los acercará de nuevo.
Al borde del volcán. Dir. Jorge Granados Ross | Ficción – Mención especial de la Sección de Cortometraje Mexicano | B15
Dos parejas viajan juntas a una isla remota. Cuando llegan malas noticias desde la ciudad, el mundo que los rodea empieza a desmoronarse y sus relaciones pronto seguirán el mismo camino.
Casa Chica. Dir. Lau Charles | Ficción – Mejor Cortometraje de Ficción Mexicano | A
Valentina, de 5 años, y su hermano Quique, de 11, conocen a la otra familia de su papá y sus vidas dan un vuelco al descubrir que su media hermana tiene la misma edad que Valentina. A través de dos miradas construidas desde la infancia, la película reconstruye las memorias fragmentadas de la directora, culminando con una reveladora imagen: su familia real 25 años después.
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Wednesday, April 22
JONAS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 (1976)
Switzerland / France | Political Drama Director: Alain Tanner
With: Jean-Luc Bideau, Myriam Boyer, Roger Jendly Duration: 1:56 hrs. In French with English subtitles Programmer: Elías Nahmías
1:15 PM to 4:00 PM
Teatro Santa Ana, La Biblioteca Pública Relox 50 A Centro | Tel:(415) 121 4583 Donation: 133 pesos | 10% cash discount
The Film Lovers Society
Modern Classics / Clasicos Modernos
Jonas Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 is one of the defining works of 1970s European political cinema.
Set in post–May ’68 Switzerland, the film follows eight interconnected characters— teachers, farmers, intellectuals, and dreamers—struggling to reconcile their revolutionary ideals with the compromises of everyday life.
Through conversations, shared meals, and shifting alliances, Alain Tanner constructs a mosaic of disillusionment and persistence.
The “Jonas” of the title—an unborn child—becomes a symbol of uncertain hope, a generation that may inherit both the failures and aspirations of those who came before.
Balancing humor and melancholy, the film examines the distance between political rhetoric and lived reality.
It is less about grand events than about the quiet negotiations of conscience, community, and survival in a changing Europe.
Following the screening, there will be a discussion with Amy Cotler.
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Friday, April 24
Syriana (2005)
United States | Political Thriller
Directed by Stephen Gaghan
Duration: 2:07 hrs. In English
1:00 pm
Teatro Santa Ana in Biblioteca Pública
Donation $175 pesos
Syriana is a politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved in and affected by it.
U.S. energy giant Connex Oil is losing control of key oil fields in a Persian Gulf kingdom ruled by the Al-Subaai family. The Emirate’s foreign minister, Prince Nasir, has granted natural gas drilling rights to a Chinese company, greatly upsetting the U.S. oil industry and the U.S. government.
To compensate for its decreased production capacity, Connex initiates a shady merger with Killen, a smaller oil company that recently won the drilling rights to Kazakhstan’s Tengiz Field.
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Film analysis after, led by Hassan Ansah
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Martes 28 abril
FICM Presenta: Muestra de Cortometrajes de Animación del 23° Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia
Duración total: 1:38 hrs. En español | Subtítulos en inglés
5:20 pm
Teatro Santa Ana de La Biblioteca Pública
Entrada libre
Cine Club en Cartelera
Tesoros del cine
Programa:
El tono del mar. Dir. Mica Bolaños Meade | A
Melodía Feral. Dir. Juan Paulín | A
Toby. Dir. Inés Haro Carmona | A
Un paseo para Emilio. Dir. Miguel Anaya Borja | A
Wing Shop. Dir. Andrea León Gutiérrez, Gabriela Rojas Bustos, Sascha Schmit | A
Cama baldía. Dir. Dani Herrera | A
Teatro secreto. Dir. Diego Martínez Gutiérrez | A
La carretera de los perros. Dir. Carlos Rueda | A
Hasta pronto. Dir. Jennifer Skarbnik López | A
De ayer a luego. Dir. Diego Solano Flores | B
Te prometo violencia. Dir. Juan María León | B
Desdoblándome. Dir. Natalia Pájaro | B
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Wednesday, April 29
PALESTINE 36 (2025)
Palestine / UK | Historical Drama Director: Annemarie Jacir
Duration: 1:32 hrs. In Arabic and English with English subtitles Programmer: Elías Nahmías
1:15 PM to 4:00 PM
Teatro Santa Ana, La Biblioteca Pública Relox 50 A Centro | Tel:(415) 121 4583 Donation: 133 pesos | 10% cash discount
The Film Lovers Society
Modern Classics / Clasicos Modernos
Palestine 36 is set during the 1936 Arab revolt against British rule in Mandatory Palestine.
The film follows a young Palestinian man whose personal journey becomes entangled with a wider uprising against colonial authority.
As tensionsescalate between local resistance fighters, British forces, and Zionist militias, private loyalties collide with political conviction.
Director Annemarie Jacir grounds the story in lived experience, portraying a society fractured by occupation yet bound by collective memory and resistance.
Rather than romanticizing revolution, the film exposes its costs—betrayal, sacrifice, and the moral ambiguities of armed struggle.
Palestine 36 situates intimate drama within a pivotal historical moment, framing rebellion not as abstraction but as a lived reality shaped by land, family, and identity.
Following the screening, there will be a discussion with Brad Rockwell.
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