Join us on the Myrtle Lawn for our Chinese and Spanish Language Film Series, which showcases a Chinese or Spanish language film for Fort Greene’s Taishanese and Spanish-speaking residents to enjoy. Free screening presented in partnership with Rooftop Films.

RSVP here! RSVP is encouraged but not required for entry. Seating is first come, first served.

Rain Date: Thursday, June 5

Vibrant Lives: Spanish-Language Shorts

Join us for our third annual program of international Spanish-language shorts that highlight community, family, and identity. Vidas Vibrantes is a transportive study and celebration of Spanish-speaking communities around the world.

Únase a nosotros para nuestro tercer programa anual internacional de cortos en español que destaca la comunidad, la familia, y la identidad. Vidas Vibrantes es un estudio y celebración de transporte de comunidades hispanohablantes de todo el mundo.

The shorts include:

• Una Revolución (A Revolution) | Natalia García Agraz | Mexico
  Mariana's boring days are filled with insults from customers at the call centre where she works and endless commutes to the office. After an unexpected encounter, she meets Irene, who floods her with love letters and helps her become immune to the hostile world around her.

• I Want to Violently Crash into the Windshield of Love | Fernanda Tovar | Mexico
  La Güera, a young rapper from Mexico City, struggles with her ability to rap after heartbreak. Despite attending freestyle sessions with friends, she struggles to regain her lyrical prowess. Seeking solace, she turns to a forest-dwelling shamanic friend for unconventional healing. Through a transformative encounter with forest crickets, she confronts her pain and emerges with newfound liberation.

• Sirena | Olivia De Camps | Dominican Republic, US
  A young Dominican woman is forced to rethink her move to the US after a dark family secret surfaces.

• No se ve desde acá (You Can't See It From Here) | Enrique Pedraza-Botero | US
  Much like the people it is about, No se ve desde acá is suspended in that stasis between arriving and finding belonging, moving associatively through observational vignettes in contemporary Miami. This is juxtaposed with a disruptive collection of video and sound archives that range as far back as the 1930’s, revealing an obsession with American individualism and collective uncertainty.

• Trokas Duras | Jazmin Garcia | USA

  Jornalero in Los Angeles navigates his dreams and daily life while he and his fellow day laborers strive for personal growth and spiritual fulfillment amidst their challenging work circumstances.

• Luz Diabla | Gervasio Canda, Paula Boffo, Patricio Plaza | Argentina

  A flamboyant urban raver is involved in a bizarre accident on his way to a party in the Argentine Pampas.