Tired of #OscarsSoWhite? Then join us for #CineLatino! Tonight we join forces with Palenke Arts in Seaside to present Strawberry Picker and Remover el corazón (Mending the Heart). Eugenia Rentería, Director of Strawberry Picker, will be in attendance. Don't miss this special evening of film, art and community. Free, limited capacity.

STRAWBERRY PICKER

Directed by Eugenia Rentería. Producer Maria Cano. (2023) 20 minutes From a little boy growing up in labor camps and attending Watsonville schools, to a world-class artist, this documentary short looks at generations of struggle and resilience in the Chicano art community through the experiences of Juan R. Fuentes. (20 min. English. All Ages)

REMOVER EL CORAZON / TO STIR THE HEART

On September 19, 2017, a powerful earthquake shook Mexico. The children of one of the most affected villages learn to transform their trauma through poetry and painting. In San Gregorio Atlapulco, the creation of community through art shows us that when the earth opens, our hearts open up too.

En el 2017 un terremoto sacude a México. Los niños de San Gregorio Atlapulco, uno de los poblados más afectados, aprenden a sublimar el trauma a través de su mundo poético interior y los colores de la pintura.