Hispanic Alliance launches ‘Noches de Cine’
A film festival for Hispanic Heritage Month
Groundbreaking film can serve many purposes: entertaining, inspiring, and broadening our view of the world.
Its highest achievement might be the generation of empathy. The camera’s lens bypasses our conscious defenses by placing us within the story and allowing us to experience it on a nearly visceral level–forcing us to reconcile this experience with our current views. It reorients us to greater truths.
In Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month 2020, Hispanic Alliance and the South Carolina Arts Commission invite you to experience the stories, values, and struggles of Hispanic people through movies and documentaries curated by the Hispanic students of HOLA at Furman University. We include movies in Spanish and English, including docudramas, fantastical tales, and untold histories. The Noches de Cine Top 10 were chosen for their superior ability to elevate the perception of Hispanic and Latin art, and to inspire constructive dialogue on relevant issues. These films sculpt a three-dimensional model to replace our flat stereotypes of diverse Hispanic and Latin cultures, and the immigrant experience, in particular.
Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. To learn more, GVL Today has an excellent overview of events in that community written by The Hub’s new friend Lindsey Tabor of Hispanic Alliance.
Use “Noches de Cine” to guide your community’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, as part of an educational curriculum, or for your own journey towards greater compassion and understanding through art.
Noches de Cine Top 10
Movies to watch during Hispanic Heritage Month
- Immigration Nation (Netflix)
- Street Food Latin America (Netflix)
- McFarland, USA (Hulu)
- The 33 (Netflix)
- César Chávez (YouTube)
- The Book of Life (Amazon Prime)
- Underwater Dreams (Amazon Prime)
- La Jaula De Oro/The Golden Dream (DVD on Amazon)
- Underdogs (Netflix)
- Frida (Netflix)
Subscriptions are required for most streaming services except YouTube. Click here to visit the Hispanic Alliance’s Noches de Cine page for additional information on each film. (The Hub has already picked out a few. – Ed.) There is even a printable viewing guide available.
A new strategic partnership forged
South Carolina Arts Commission welcomes the Hispanic Alliance, based in Greenville, as a new strategic partner to enable better service for and outreach to the Latinx community in the Upstate and beyond. We similarly work with Art Pot in Hanahan for similar ventures in the Lowcountry. Collaborations like “Noches de Cine” increase our ability to work with underrepresented groups and artists.