Editor

The 11th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, scheduled from April 16 -24, will present films in its Panorama Program at the 501 Screening Room on Saturday, April 19th and Sunday, April 20th.

The documentaries and short films that make up the Panorama Program tell a diverse array of stories that Cine Las Americas considers important to bring to Central Texas audiences. The films represent a variety of cultures as well as social and political issues that are underrepresented by mainstream media.

"This year's selections include documentaries addressing land rights, human rights, censorship, immigration and the 2006 popular uprising in Oaxaca, Mexico", says Jacqueline Rush Rivera, Director of Programming for Cine Las Americas.

The 501 Screening Room is a new venue located at 5th Street and I-35, a block west of Progress Coffee and just east of downtown Austin. Plenty of free parking is available across the street from the venue.

501 Screening Room contact information:
Address: 501 North I-35 Austin, TX 78702
Phone: (512) 485-3000

Please see www.cinelasamericas.org for exact screening, times and film descriptions.

Panorama Documentaries at the 501 Screening Room:
• Against the Grain: An Artist's Survival Guide to Peru, by Ann Kaneko, United States, Peru
• Cartoneros, by Ernesto Livon-Grosman, Argentina
• Despues de la Neblina (When Clouds Clear), by Anne Slick and Danielle Bernstein, Ecuador and United States
• Jefe de Jefes: Los Tigres Del Norte, by Roberto Bolado and David Palma, Mexico
• Making the River, by Sarah Del Seronde, United States
• Oaxaca, el poder de la comuna (The power of Oaxaca's Commune), by Carlos Broun, Argentina
• Secretos de la lucha (Secrets of the Struggle), by Mariana Bidegain, France, Uruguay
• Un poquito de tanta verdad (A Little Bit of So Much Truth), by Jill Freidberg, México and United States

Panorama Short Films at the 501 Screening Room:
• DNN: Dead News Network, by John Leaños, Sean Nash, United States
• L'Amendement (The Amendment), by Kevin Papatie, Canada
• Las redadas de New Haven (The New Haven Raids), by David Koff, United States
• Ting, by Chanouk Newashish, Canada
• The Wannabe, by Althea Wasow, United States
• Wabak, by Kevin Papatie & Gilles Penosway, Canada