Tuesday, Feb 7 at 7PM – The LGBT Center
Feb 8-Feb 9 – Virtual
NewFest Presents: 100 WAYS TO CROSS THE BORDER
A playful and mesmerizing documentary on the extraordinary Mexican/Chicanx performance artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña.
Description
A playful and mesmerizing documentary on the extraordinary Mexican/Chicanx performance artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña’s 40-year career of radical artistic practice alongside his international troupe La Pocha Nostra. Director Amber Bemak presents the philosophical frameworks of an artist with highly impactful, innovative artistic interventions on that border, and presents a unique portrait of his beloved troupe La Pocha Nostra.
In-Person Ticket — $12 | $5 for Members
Virtual Ticket — $10 | Free for Members
Featuring exclusive footage from his personal archive, Gómez-Peña enacts his artistic interventions by reclaiming and “queering the border” as a laboratory for utopian ideas and artistic experimentation.
In-person tickets include a post-screening Q&A with director Amber Bemak
Available virtually, following the in-person screening, from Wed, 2/8 – Thurs, 2/9
Presented in partnership with The LGBT Community Center
Co-presented in partnership with Latin Reel
Director
Amber Bemak
Producer
Amber Bemak, Andrew Houchens
Cast
Guillermo Gómez-Peña, La Pocha Nostra