THIS WEEK at THE SCREENING ROOM
127 East Congress ● Downtown
Thursday, October 21, 7:00 p.m. (Free admission)
FOCUS on ARIZONA YOUTH
This special panel will focus on the effects that new Arizona laws are having on Arizona youth. Panelists will include filmmakers Ari Luis Palos and Eren Isabel McGinnis, Curtis Acosta, a Tucson High Magnet School teacher, youth filmmaker Levi Escobar, and student activists Pricila Rodriguez and Crystal Terriquez,
Eren McGinnis & Ari Palos will premiere a short clip from PRECIOUS KNOWLEDGE, a new film which documents the civil rights struggle of Tucson High School students and teachers as they fight to keep their Mexican American Studies classes alive. Also Levi Escobar will screen his new short, No SB1070!
Friday, October 22, 7:00 p.m. (Free admission)
ARTS HAS NO BORDERS
An evening of music, film and arts discussion
LIVE CORRIDO
Come enjoy the encore performances by the winners of the 20th annual Tucson Meet Yourself Corrido competition.
NOGALES, AQUIES…
Nogales is often portrayed as a tired and worn-down border town. But when filmmaker Elisea Perea-Hernandez scratches the surface of this myth, she finds a rich artisan community with strong ties to its American and Mexican heritage…ambos Los Estados Unidos y Mexico.
A lively discussion of artists as activists will follow the performances and screening.
Saturday, October 23, 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Free admission)
BREAKING DOWN THE BORDER
University of Arizona Press Panel Discussions and Bookfair
Nationally and internationally, readers turn to the University of Arizona Press for books on the culture and history of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Today, more than ever, the Press plays an instrumental role in the dialog about the lives and politics along the border. Books will be available for sale.
Meet the authors. Join the conversation.
1:00 p.m. – Stella Pope Duarte, author of If I Die in Juárez, in conversation with Ernesto Portillo, Jr. of the Arizona Daily Star.
2:15 p.m. – John Annerino and Miriam Davidson discuss their books, Dead in Their Tracks: Crossing America’s Desert Borderlands in the New Era and Lives on the Line: Dispatches from the U.S.–Mexico Border. Session moderated by Jon Shumaker of the Tucson Weekly.
3:30 p.m. – Kathryn Ferguson, Norma Price and Ted Parks read from and discuss Crossing with the Virgin: Stories from the Migrant Trail.
Saturday, October 23, 8:30 p.m. $8 admission
MARK GROWDEN IN CONCERT
Hailed as “an unusual and voracious talent” as well as “theatrical, dark and sexy,” Mark Growden returns from San Francisco with an exciting concert of music and film at The Screening Room, his favorite Tucson venue.
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