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In between screenings at the 12th annual OLA Latino Film Festival—a weekend showcase of award-winning Latino cinema screened for a broad audience by the Organización Latino-Americana of Eastern Long Island—participants can also view Latin-American art, listen to poetry and even groove with the Herencia Caleña Latin Dance Company at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill.
The festival will kick off on Friday, September 25, at 5:30 p.m. with Maite Alberdi’s 70-minute film from Chile, “La Once,” which follows the story of five elderly women who have gathered for tea once a month for the last 60 years. In these meetings, the friends evoke a common past and try hard to show that they are still strong, forgetting for a moment the illnesses they suffer. Following the screening, Mambo Loco will perform on the terrace. Tickets are $10, or free for members, and include museum admission.
Four short films from Mexico, Chile, Cuba and Peru—“Nana,” “Melody,” “Las Ventanas” and “Danzak,” respectively—will screen on Saturday, September 26, preceded by a Spanish-language tour of the museum, which includes the “Identity Collages” exhibit by East Hampton High School students.
The festival will close on Sunday, September 27, at 4 p.m. with the Cuban film “Venecia” from director Kiki Alvarez. The action revolves around Mónica, Violeta and Mayelín, who work at a beauty salon. On payday, they go shopping for a dress, starting an unexpected journey into the depths of Havana’s nightlife. The film, which presents an unfiltered, tough version of the lives of working-class Cuban women, was screened in at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.
Stop by earlier in the afternoon for poetry readings, family activities, dance performances and more. For a complete schedule, visit parrishart.org.
Michelle Trauring on Sep 22, 2015