The Spanish Film Series presents a provocative tour of Spanish cinema’s history through a series of movies that weave together the country’s cinematography.
It has been more than a century since Fructuós Gelabert filmed Riña en un café in 1896, putting in motion the Spanish film industry. In an effort to shed light on, and promote lesser-known films, we have selected a series of movies that exemplify the most avant-garde and unorthodox trends of our cinema over the past century.
Films include: Bienvenido Mister Marshall, Viridiana, El Espíritu de la colmena, Los santos inocentes, El color de las nubes, En la Ciudad sin Límites.
Presented by the Instituto Cervantes and the NHCC, Bank of America Theater. Open to the public, 7pm on Thursdays. Admission is free.
When: September 15 –November 3, ... Go to event
A documentary on the rise of the ancient civlizations of Mesoamerica and the genesis of the Mexican people. This is in collaboration with the Mexican consulate of Albuquerque. This beautiful documentary series is no longer available, but bases its narrative on the cultural and artistic productivity of the age it covers. This is the first in a series. The film is in English, but the Spanish version will be shown at the Mexican Consul on 4th Street.
For information on those screenings: 242-7566.
When: Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Time: 7 pm
Where: Wells Fargo Theatre,
1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
Admission: Free
For more info click here.
Various activities for families, e.g. making altars, sugar skulls, Mexican paper cutting (papel picado) and more!
The Día de los Muertos events are offered to the public in order to present and preserve this uniquely Mexican cultural celebration while also participating in its evolution as members of diverse cultures cross paths in the United States and traditions further evolve.;’
A photographic exhibit by Steve St. John and workshops will be part of the Día de los Muertos activities.
When: October – November 7, 2011
Where: National Hispanic Cultural Center,
1701 4th St SW # 211, Albuquerque, NM 87102
For more info click here.
An interactive, audiovisual display accompanied by a series of conferences for young people and adults.
After the prolific Spanish production of video games in the 80′s (the Golden Age of the Spanish video game), arrived the technological crisis of the 90′s, where no Spanish speaking country produced any video games until 2000. During these years of creative vacuum, U.S., Japan, Canada and the United Kingdom were positioned as the main world producers of video games.
Twenty years later, the cultural industry of the Spanish video game is being enriched by the contributions made by Hispanic-American countries. With the new push of the market for video games in Spanish, it is a matter of counteracting the hegemonic Anglo-Japanese influence on this powerful tool of communication, w ... 
