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10th Anniversary Screening of IXCANUL at BAM

  • Brooklyn Academy of Music 30 Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, NY, 11217 United States (map)

Ixcanul
A film by Jayro Bustamante
(Guatemala/France, 2015, 91 min. In Kaqchikel and Spanish with English subtitles)

Winner of the Berlinale’s Silver Bear, this brilliant debut by acclaimed filmmaker Jayro Bustamante (La Llorona) is set on the slopes of an active volcano. The Guatemalan drama follows María (María Mercedes Coroy, in her acclaimed breakthrough performance), a 17-year-old Kaqchikel Maya girl caught between ancestral tradition and an unforgiving modern world. Though she dreams of escaping to the city, María faces an arranged marriage and limited options as an Indigenous woman. A sudden snake bite forces her into the state health system, where her body is saved but her agency is stolen. A visually stunning, deeply moving portrait of resistance, desire, and cultural dislocation, Ixcanul stands as a landmark for Central American cinema.

Wednesday, September 24 at 7pm
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY

For tickets and more information visit:
www.bam.org

Earlier Event: September 24
Cinema Tucsón Presents: THE DEVIL SMOKES
Later Event: October 29
Lost & Found: EARTH ALTARS at Anthology Film Archives
 
 
 
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Cinema Tropical's programs are made possible with the support of the New York State Council on the Arts.
They are also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
in partnership with the City Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.