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New York Latino Film Festival

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    The Sentence

    Rudy Valdez / Premieres / USA / 2018 / 85 mins
    Winner of the 2018 Sundance Audience Award, Rudy Valdez’s The Sentence explores the devastating consequences of mass incarceration and mandatory minimum drug sentencing through the story of Cindy Shank, a mother of three young children serving a 15-year sentence in federal prison for her tangential involvement in a Michigan drug ring years before.
    The Sentence

    AMC Empire 25 Theatres
    Thursday, Aug. 23 8:30pm Buy Tickets

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    Ser Grande

    Karen Rossi / Documentaries / Puerto Rico / 86 mins
    The daily lives of Juan, Rushian and Ivianyd, three Puerto Rican teenagers, is challenged when they decide to participate in a series of workshops to discover their vocational aspirations and overcome personal limitations.
    When I Grow Up

    Julia De Burgos Performance and Arts Center
    Saturday, Aug. 25 2:00pm Buy Tickets

  3. Shorts Program 1

    Shorts / 100 mins
    All The World's A Stage

    In This Program: Big Bad Wolves, Broken Sunflower Hearts, Calm Your Curls, Exuent, A La Mode, Loser Leaves Town, Remember This Voice, Retukiri Tukiri, Statues

    Shorts Program 1

    AMC Empire 25 Theatres
    Thursday, Aug. 23 9:45pm Buy Tickets

  4. Shorts Program 2

    Shorts / 101 mins
    We Shall Overcome

    In This Program: Canoe Poems, Dairy Farmers, The Diet, Disconnected, Flint, La Chancletera, Las Dos, The Other Cheek, We Are Going To Paris

    Shorts Program 2

    AMC Empire 25 Theatres
    Friday, Aug. 24 5:30pm Buy Tickets

  5. Shorts Program 3

    Shorts / 102 mins
    Nothing is What it Seems

    In This Program: Evaporated, Miguel, Ruta Viva, Silencio, Sin Cielo, Story Ave, Unlucky’s Luck, We Need To Talk

    Shorts Program 3

    AMC Empire 25 Theatres
    Saturday, Aug. 25 11:30am Buy Tickets

  6. Shorts Program 4

    Shorts / 99 mins
    The Future Awaits

    In This Program: Abuela’s Luck, Echoes, Jasper, Lucy, Program, Snowslide, Time Left

    Shorts Program 4

    AMC Empire 25 Theatres
    Saturday, Aug. 25 10:00pm Buy Tickets

  7. Spectrum

    64 mins
    Multicultural

    In This Program: Civic Mind, Her Move Next, Instinct, A Nice Guy

    Spectrum

    Julia De Burgos Performance and Arts Center
    Saturday, Aug. 25 6:00pm Buy Tickets

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    A Translator

    Rodrigo Barriuso & Sebastián Barriuso / International Features / Canada, Cuba / 2017 / 107 mins
    Rooted in the little-known true story of how twenty thousand Chernobyl victims were eventually treated in Cuba, Un Traductor unfolds as a tale at once historical and personal, brought to life in crisply shot, beautifully realized period detail of a Havana on the brink of economic crisis.
    A Translator

    Julia De Burgos Performance and Arts Center
    Saturday, Aug. 25 8:00pm Buy Tickets

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    Virus Tropical

    Santiago Caicedo / International Features / Colombia / 2017 / 97 mins
    Based on the autobiographical graphic novel Powerpaola, this intricately animated coming-of-age story is a unique and utterly refreshing take on growing up and finding yourself.
    Virus Tropical

    AMC Empire 25 Theatres
    Saturday, Aug. 25 9:30pm Buy Tickets

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    Voices of the Sea

    Kim Hopkins / Documentaries / United Kingdom / 93 mins
    Revealing the stark realities of the poorest of rural Cubans with unique access and empathy, this is the story of a 30-something mother of four who longs for a better life.
    Voices of the Sea

    AMC Empire 25 Theatres
    Thursday, Aug. 23 4:30pm Buy Tickets