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Join SOLAS in welcoming ¡Cine Magnífico! to the UNM campus on Friday, September 18th for two amazing films!
American DREAMers
Friday, September 18th, 10:30 am
Documentary / 128 minutes
UNM College of Fine Arts, Room 2018
"American DREAMers" tells the story behind the Campaign for an American DREAM (CAD), a group of six undocumented youth and an ally who risk their freedom when they publicly come out as undocumented and walk 3,000 miles to the nation's capital to organize for immigrant rights. These are college students, young professionals, activists, and community leaders. Follow their journey as they come out of the shadows, share their stories, empower communities, and put everything on the line to fight in what they believe is their civil rights movement. They are undocumented and unafraid. And some are UndocuQueer, too.
Guatemala, el Espíritu de la Memoria
Friday, September 18th, 12:30 pm
Documentary / 65 minutes
UNM College of Fine Arts, Room 2018
Guatemala, the Spirit of Memory is a story about justice, memory, and truth in Guatemala. Two members of the clergy, a Catholic and a Protestant, share their experience with indigenous communities attempting to prevent transnational companies from taking over their territories. They fight together to keep social movements from being threatened and criminalized.
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¡Cine Magnífico! will be showing films from September 18-20 at both the National Hispanic Cultural Center and The Guild. For more information, a full schedule, and film prices, visit their
¡Cine Magnífico! is sponsored by Instituto Cervantes, the National Hispanic Cultural Center, Bernalillo County, and the University of New Mexico Latin American & Iberian Institute.