September 6, 2008
NYC Picks: Latino Film Festival
The Ninth Annual New York International Latino Film
Festival runs July 22-27 and will showcase more than 100 films. Here are some to check out this weekend. Tickets are $10-$80 depending on film or panel. Go to nylatinofilm.com/tickets/info.html.
1. "The Ministers" stars John Leguizamo as fanatical twin brothers, bent on getting revenge on the murders of their family.
WHEN|WHERE Saturday, 7 p.m. at Directors Guild Theater, 110 W. 57th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues
2. "La Corona" ("The Crown") "Laughing Silently/ Street Witness." Colombian women are obsessed with beauty. Beauty pageants in Colombia have been known to get higher TV ratings than World Cup Soccer.
WHEN|WHERE Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at Helen Mills, at 137-139 W. 26th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues
3. "7 Soles" ("7 Suns" - Subtitled) "Negro" is hired to smuggle a group of undocumented migrants into the United States.
WHEN|WHERE Sunday at 4 p.m. at Helen Mills at 137-139 W. 26th St.
4. "South of Pico" is a drama about four strangers who witness a tragedy.
WHEN|WHERE Sunday at 4:30 p.m. at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus at 113 W. 60th St. between Ninth and 10th avenues
5. "All of Us." A young doctor embarks on a research project to find out why black women are being infected with HIV at an alarming rate in the South Bronx.
WHEN|WHERE Saturday at 2 p.m. at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus at 113 W. 60th St.
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