October 20, 2018
A screening of short films featuring “selected Poems adapted for the screen.”
Works in the program include:
This is how You Cook Rice
Based on the Poem by Elisa Garza-Leal this short experimental film explores the relationship between generations and culinary traditions.
Silver Dollar
Inspired by the Poetic Memoir by Manuel Nava Leal Silver Dollar mixes magic and memory in the cotton fields of Texas.
Aún Pajaros – Even Birds
Poetic Motion and words collide in this adaptation from an original live performance by Koomah. The real life stories of survival, community, heartbreak, and the defiance of many undocumented Latinx immigrants is related with symbols of birds, shelter, and cages.
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