Puerto Rican Independista films

11/7 FRI: Puerto Rican Independista films


11/7 FRI, 11/14 FRI, 11/21 FRI - Films: Filiberto Ojeda Rios Film Festival 2008. Named after the murdered Puerto Rican independence leader, festival showcases “films that speak to our experience as a colonized people fighting for independence & self-determination.”

At various locs . $5 suggested. Sponsor: ProLibertad Freedom Campaign. Info: 718-601-4751, ProLibertad @ hotmail.com &
http://www.prolibertadweb.com

–11/7 FRI, 7 pm (LOC CHANGE): “Palante Siempre Palante!” The Young

Lords. At Hunter College, Thomas Hunter Hall [Lexington Av btw. 68th & 69th Sts. -t.] 1st fl, rm 105, (6 to 68th St-Hunter College, F to Lexington Ave-63rd St).

–11/14 FRI, 7 pm: “The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez.” Son of Puerto Rican revolutionaries–his mother in prison, his father in exile–sent as a baby to Mexico to be raised in safety & anonymity.

 At John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 889 10th Ave, rm 3305N (btw W 58th & 59th Sts, A/C, B/D, 1 to 59th St-Columbus Circle).

–11/21 FRI, 7:30 pm: “La Operacion/The Operation.” The problem of widespread sterilization among Puerto Rican women.

 At Brecht Forum, 451 West St (btw Bank & Bethune St, A/C/E/L to 14th St & 8th Ave,
1/2/3 to 14th St & 7th Ave).