WHEN: Friday, March 30, 2012 at 7:00 PM
WHERE: Crane Old School, 1417 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA
(corner of North 2nd & Master Streets)
COST: $5 admission
Starting this March, Raíces will present movies throughout the year that portray aspects of Latino culture. At the end of each featured film, guests will be invited to share their thoughts and opinions about the movie and how it depicted Latinos in an open discussion. Refreshments including popcorn and drinks will be sold to help Raices maintain its new space.
Centro de Oro
The program will start with a local documentary created by three non-profit local organizations including Raices, Taller Puertorriqueño, HACE (Hispanic Association of Contractors & Enterprises), and trained by Scribe Video. The documentary, titled Centro De Oro discusses the impact of ABC News Nightline's broadcast The Badlands: North Philadelphia. ABC News Nightline's broadcast by Ted Koppel generated a terrible image across the nation of Philadelphia's predominately Latino neighborhood in the 1990s. The documentary highlights how we can erase and change the negative images mainstream media always wants to give to Latinos.
Real Women Have Curves
Real Women Have Curves, starring America Ferreira, will be shown following the documentary in honor of International Women's Day, which is celebrated March 8. The film is a coming of age movie about Ana Garcia, a Mexican-American teenager living in the predominately Latino community of East Los Angeles, who struggles between her mainstream American ambitions and her cultural heritage.
Raíces Culturales Latinoamericanas developed Strong Rooted Perceptions: A Movie Series on Latino Culture to provide the community with another opportunity to come together to explore Latino culture, challenge stereotypes and misperceptions, and most important to our mission, to find common ground.
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