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100th Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution
Film Series |
Wed, Jan 13,
2010
Main Library Auditorium
6:00 |
Old Gringo
(1989); A famous aging and dying American
writer goes into Mexico to capture some of
the anarchy that was revolutionary Mexico
(119 min.) |
Wed, Feb 3,
2010
Main Library Auditorium
6:00 |
And
Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
(2003); Hollywood makes a deal with Mexican
revolutionary Pancho Villa to film his war
and recreate his life, but he is rather
shrewd and manipulates the media instead
(112 min.) |
Wed, Mar 3,
2010
Main Library Auditorium
6:00 |
Zapata:
Amor en Rebeldia (2003; in Spanish;
1st half of mini-series) |
Thu, Mar 4,
2010
Main Library Auditorium
6:00 |
Zapata:
Amor en Rebeldia (2nd half of
mini-series); Features the life of Mexico’s
revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata who works
for the son-in-law of the dictator Porfirio
Diaz. He is in love with the daughter of a
wealthy land owner and Zapata realizes that
their relationship cannot be a lasting one
as they face many problems (258 min.) |
Wed, Apr 7,
2010
Main Library Auditorium
6:00 |
Mexico: The
Frozen Revolution (1973); Documentary
presents a comprehensive sociohistorical
analysis of Mexico, and of the government’s
failure to live up to the promises of the
revolution (65 min.) |
Wed, May 12,
2010
Main Library Auditorium6:00 |
Mexico:
Revolution and Rebirth (1999); Tells the
story of the Mexican Revolution that was
waged by Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata and
others, and the modern nation that was born
plus the problems that face the nation today
(50 min.) |
Wed, Jun 2,
2010
Main Library Auditorium
6:00 |
La Sombra del
Caudillo (1960) in Spanish; Based on
real facts, the movie which is situated in
post-revolutionary Mexico, describes the way
politics were done in those times. |
Wed, Jul 7,
2010
Main Library Auditorium
6:00 |
La Revolucion
Mexicana (2009) in Spanish; A visual
history of one of the largest and most
bloodiest revolutions in the Americas and
also being the first great social revolution
of the Twentieth Century. |
Wed, Aug 4,
2010
Main Library Auditorium
6:00 |
Pancho Villa:
Aqui y Alli (2009) in Spanish; A
narrated documentary of the past, the
present and the future of one of the
foremost political and cultural icons of the
Mexican identity. |
Sat, Sep 18,
2010
Main Library Auditorium
6:00 |
El Compadre
Mendoza (in Spanish) |
Tue, Sep 21,
2010
Richard Burges Library
6:00 |
Maria
Candelaria (in Spanish) |
Thu, Sep 23,
2010
EPCC Northwest Library Auditorium
1:00 |
La Cucaracha
(in Spanish) |
Sat, Sep 23,
2010
Ysleta Library
3:00 |
Vamonos con
Pancho Villa (in Spanish) |
Sat, Oct 23,
2010
Dorris Van Doren Library
3:00 |
Los Ultimos
Zapatistas: Heroes Olvidados (in
Spanish) |
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E D U C A T I O N A L |
October 30, 2010
4th Annual Great Southwest Book
Fair
Main Library, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Authors, Publishers, and Book
Vendors will be in attendance with
David Dorado Romo being this year’s
Featured Author who will do a book
talk and signing of his book
Ringside Seat to a Revolution: An
Underground Cultural History of El
Paso and Juarez: 1893 – 1923. |
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T
H E A T E R |
September
25, 2010
Pancho Villa es puro cuento.
Historias de la Revolucion (in
Spanish)
2:00 pm - Main Library Auditorium
Los Bocones Theater group
spectacular consisting of children
and adults and presented by La
Alianza para el Arte.
October 10, 2010
Esperando el paso del tren (in
Spanish)
2:00 pm - Main Library Auditorium
Adult theater play written by
Karmina L. Fanjul and directed by
Jorge Gonzalez. |
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M
U S I C |
November 6, 2010
Poemas, Corridos y Sotol
2:30 pm Main Library Auditorium
Music, Poetry & Soto performance
by a group from Parral, Chihuahua,
Mexico.
Mystery Date
Ensamble Triverso
Dorris Van Doren Library
Guitar ensemble that plays
guitar music from the Mexican
Revolution and directed by Maestro
Carlos Benitez. |
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E X H I B I T S |
February 1 - 28, 2010
Pancho Villa and His Involvement
with the Mexican Revolution
The Border Heritage Center of the El
Paso Public Library will display its
rare book collections and
periodicals from the Cleofas
Calleros Collection. |
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For more
information please call Mike Payan at
543-5466 or Gloria Aguilar at 543-5412
February 23, 2010 |
