East Austin Stories Tonight!

[AndyG]

Two screenings of New Work tonight!
More info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=218742358153026
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*1st Screening: 7:00pm at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church,
1209 E 9th St.

*2nd Screening: 9:00pm at Kenny Dorham’s Backyard, 1106 E 11th St
(bring blankets/lawn chairs)
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This semester, students have collaborated with residents, businesses
and organizations to create eight short documentaries (around 7min.
each) which will all be shown at both screenings. The program will
include;

*Day of the Fallen: 138 coffins, one for each Texas construction
worker who died last year, proceed down Congress Avenue on the
shoulders of their loved ones. Christian Hurtado, a son of one such
worker, speaks out to prevent further tragedy.
*Dub Academy: The Dub Academy is a school providing DJ education for
the public; teaching their students, as the motto states, “old school
philosophy with new school technology.” The film provides new and
personal insight into the world of the people who make you move and
the ways they make you do it.
*Jegnesh: One man's retelling of his arduous journey through vast
foreign lands in search of a better life for him and his son. From the
unforgiving jungles of Peru to the ruthless drug cartels of Mexico,
Jegnesh is a father that was willing to sacrifice everything, even his
life, all for the slight chance of attaining some sense of freedom and
stability in his life.
*Llévame a Casa: A young man arrives at Casa Marianella from Erithrea
as another struggles to get well and another dreams of the day he can
work again. Efrem, Joel and Omar are only three of the hundreds of
immigrants and political refugees Marianella shelters each year.
*Low Down Blues: Hosea Hargrove, age 81, plays guitar in a local
Austin blues band. This film explores his life both on and off the
stage.
*Skull By Skull Now!: The Skidmarx bike gang play hard and party
harder. Have these rebels without a cause abandoned society or has
society abandoned them?
*Son Jarocho Fandango: Son Jarocho is a vibrant genre of traditional
music from Veracruz, Mexico that has African and indigenous roots.
Local group Son Armado discusses how sharing this music through
workshops and community fandangos is a means of amplifying both the
individual and collective voice.
*The XY Zone: The program at Reagan High School where teen men at risk
seek to better thier academic and personal lives
*The Young Cobras: The Young Cobras, a selected group of Kealing
Middle School students, attempts to save thier program in the face of
school budget cuts.

(These projects will be joining past “East Austin Stories”
documentaries online at www.eastaustinstories.org).