tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281227322011-07-07T14:51:06.637-07:00Movies That MatterThis is the blog for Movies that Matter, the new documentary screening series starting at the Centro Cultural de la Raza in Balboa Park, San Diego. Check this blog for updates, program listing, comments and general film discussion.zazouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09516234913848704691noreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28122732.post-78252322986025069262010-03-04T23:50:00.001-08:002010-03-05T00:09:16.838-08:00You're Invited!Alex and Heather are getting married andAlex wants to get married in Iran,just like his (American) mother and (Iranian) father didover 30 years ago.Join documentary maker Marjan Tehrani as she documentstwo passionate and intriguing relationships:her family's relationship with their dual heritage,and the on-again, off-again relationship between the US and IranArsui:Persian Wedding zazouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09516234913848704691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28122732.post-25945799921338836592010-03-04T23:48:00.000-08:002010-03-04T23:50:28.897-08:00Well, were back!Sorta.MTM is looking for a new venue for awhile while the Centro reorganizes (loooong story), so check this space for our updates!zazouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09516234913848704691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28122732.post-37067857343395361162009-10-26T22:37:00.000-07:002009-10-26T22:45:42.703-07:00FREE SCREENING ALERT: 9500 LibertyThe San Diego Asian Film Festival is doing a free screening of:9500 Liberty9500 LIBERTY reveals the devastating social and economic impact of the “Immigration Resolution,” felt in the lives of real people in homes and in local businesses. But the ferocious fight to adopt and then reverse this policy unfolds inside government chambers, on the streets, and on the zazouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09516234913848704691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28122732.post-27550666710126657982009-10-18T22:03:00.000-07:002009-10-18T22:11:44.600-07:00Sita Sings...Some More!For those of you who missed it- and you know who you are... Sita Sings the Blues is showing AGAIN at the San Diego Asian Film Festival at the Ultra Star at the Hazard Center on the following dates:Friday, Oct. 23 at 3:10 pm.andMonday, Oct. 26 at 4 pm.- this is a free screening with Target.for more info go to the San Diego Asian Film Festival.zazouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09516234913848704691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28122732.post-22712186501153162752009-10-04T15:48:00.000-07:002009-10-04T16:14:25.395-07:00SITA SINGS THE BLUES!That's right. THAT Sita. You know- Sita and Rama, the Ramayana.Just in time for Diwali (Oct. 17), MTM is screening Nina Paley's amazing animated filmSita Sings the BluesOctober 16, 2009FridayDoors open at 7 pm. $7Centro Cultural de la Raza2004 Park Blvd, Balboa ParkDisclaimer: for purists (like M.) this is NOT the Ramayana exactlyBilled as the greatest breakup story ever toldzazouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09516234913848704691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28122732.post-41795092734216378212009-10-04T14:41:00.000-07:002009-10-04T14:54:40.231-07:00How do you say 10 in Japanese?or Chinese or Korean or Hindi or Farsior any other language spoken in Asia?Whatever, we're thrilled the announce the 10 annual San Diego Asian Film Festival is coming!It gives us great pleasure to welcome the SDAFF into the Movies that Matter film fanatics circle. Catch us on a doc screen (hint: come to our Sita screening to find out which one and you MIGHT just win zazouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09516234913848704691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28122732.post-6899205163981054122009-10-04T13:56:00.000-07:002009-10-04T14:08:43.684-07:00And now a word from: Mo'olelo Theater CompanyMTM strongly believes in community and cross-collaboration and nothing makes us happier than to collaborate with great projects!We are very pleased to welcome Mo'olelo Theater Company of Seema Sueko into our circle of friends and fellow conspirators. (Seema is also a long-time support of the Arabs Anonymous-No Hay Moros project).This amazing and zazouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09516234913848704691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28122732.post-82213795115641905852009-09-03T19:38:00.000-07:002009-09-03T19:59:54.300-07:00ARCHEOLOGY OF MEMORY: THE VILLA GRIMALDIMovies that Matter is observing 9/11 - 1973 and post 9/11 with a screening of the amazing and moving documentary Archeology of Memory: the Villa Grimaldi, directed by Marilyn Mulford (Freedom on My Mind).We're screening the festival version with a short and a roundtable discussion about human rights, civil rights and extraordinary rendition with Amnesty zazouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09516234913848704691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28122732.post-41468457306939619852009-08-17T23:25:00.000-07:002009-08-17T23:35:58.351-07:00Y Chile Cuando?September 11...hmmm. Dislike that day, dislike the hyper-patriotism around that day, However, no need to totally disregard it.So, Movies that Matter is remembering September 11, on September 11- September 11, 1973, that is...with Archeology of Memory: the Villa Grimaldihere's the current tag line:On September 11, 1973, the government of Chile was overthrown.For Quique Cruz, life zazouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09516234913848704691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28122732.post-88564713694430823112009-08-05T23:24:00.000-07:002009-08-05T23:34:15.512-07:00Screening Aug 14.Get a jump on India Independence Day (it's actually Aug. 15, but hey, a party is a party) and join us for the award-winning documentary:ROOTS IN THE SANDbyJAYASRI HARTRoots in the Sand is the fascinating story of Sikh men from the Punjab in India who immigrated to the Imperial Valley in Southern California in the 1920's. The Asian Exclusion Act prevented them from bringing wiveszazouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09516234913848704691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28122732.post-338687854559814202009-07-15T00:18:00.000-07:002009-07-15T00:54:10.092-07:00Screening July 17:Against the Grain: An Artist's Survival Guide to Peru at the Centro Cultural de la Raza 2004 Park Blvd. Balboa Park.Doors open at 7 pm, screening at 7:30 pm$5Director Ann Kaneko's award-winning new documentaryabout 4 artists making art and social commentary in Fujimori's Peru. Ann Kaneko will be present9ng and leading a q/a/After the screening, Mario Torero and friends will be zazouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09516234913848704691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28122732.post-76828069390793117552009-06-13T19:23:00.000-07:002009-06-17T22:59:58.403-07:00Here is a trailer for Friday's main feature. Poets Without Borders is not on Youtube yet.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2KDtSct23Qzazouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09516234913848704691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28122732.post-85121424516349874632009-06-13T17:05:00.001-07:002009-06-17T22:39:44.023-07:00Screening June 19Line up is Race is the Place with short Poets Without Borders. We open doors at 7:30. Race is the Place is AMAZING. A great documentary featuring incredible word artists and performers like Danny Hock, Kay Trask, Kate Riggs, Ahmed Ahmed, and San Diego's own James Luna.Poets Without Borders is (modestly mine) abut the local Taco Shop Poets, who used to perform their spoken word zazouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09516234913848704691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28122732.post-23615914179591797622009-05-22T09:53:00.000-07:002009-06-17T22:41:54.753-07:00*ANNOUNCEMENT*Tonight's Screening (May 22) is being dropped into a fundraiser (double-booking issue)We will go on as planned but you need to come on time (7 pm)The door is the same for both events, and your entry into MTM is your entry into the fundraiser fro Radio Xispa art collective, which promises food, border music and art. Doors open at 6:30, and our speakers will speak briefly with a q/a zazouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09516234913848704691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28122732.post-8508340524333268892009-05-20T15:46:00.000-07:002009-05-20T15:47:37.293-07:00Against the Grain: An Artist's Survival Guide to Perú TRAILER from Ann Kaneko on Vimeo.zazouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09516234913848704691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28122732.post-58389842928793165042009-05-18T11:23:00.000-07:002009-05-18T11:34:36.483-07:00Screening Friday, May 22 at 7 pm: M vies That Matter presents:PALESTINE BLUESThe farmers of Jayous have 24 hoursbefore the Israelis raze their orchards...Will they be able to save their beloved olive trees?Join us forMovies that MatterFriday May 22, 2009, 7 pm, $5Post-film zazouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09516234913848704691noreply@blogger.com0