Raza Cósmica
Thu, Oct 12
|Slab Cinema Art House
Come by Slab Cinema Art House for Raza Cósmica with Xicanx Versus Aliens, a FREE screening featuring a curated selection of cosmic-infused short films including Spaceship directed by Jorge G. Camarena and La Curandera Cumbiambera directed by Ivan Flores. More details and reservation link below.
Time & Location
Oct 12, 2023, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CDT
Slab Cinema Art House, 134 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX 78204, USA
About the event
film lineup for the 3rd annual Raza Cósmica: A constellation of Latinx sci-fi cinema,
sponsored by the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI). This year’s festival
will take place October 12-14, 2023 and spotlights films from Brazil, Colombia, the
Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Peru, the United Kingdom, and the United
States.
Raza Cósmica opens on October 12, 2023 with Xicanx Versus Aliens, a FREE screening at
ArtHouse at Blue Star featuring a curated selection of cosmic-infused short films
including Spaceship directed by Jorge G. Camarena and La Curandera Cumbiambera
directed by Ivan Flores. Films will be preceded by a live episode of the Xicanx Versus
Aliens original podcast hosted by Joaquín Muerte with special guests Carlie Guevara
(Spaceship) and filmmaker Ivan Flores.
Raza Cósmica continues on October 13, 2023 with a FREE outdoor screening of the
award-winning feature film Hummingbirds, directed by Silvia Del Carmen Castaños and
Estefanía “Beba” Contreras, and presented in partnership with the Latino Collection and
Resource Center at Central Library. Laredo filmmaker Estefanía “Beba” Contreras will be
in attendance to discuss her feature debut which will screen on the library’s 3rd floor
terrace.
On October 14, 2023, the Jump-Start Performance Company will be the site for a trio of
FREE screenings including the short film programs Excursions in Afrofuturism, which
features the world premiere of The Burden with filmmaker Tish Arana in attendance,
and Above the Clouds, which includes the short Do Digital Curanderas Use Eggs in Their
Limpias? by Roberto Fatal. The festival closes that evening with the Texas premiere of
Tiempos Futuros, the visionary feature film directed by V. Checa.
All screenings are free however seating is limited so tickets for individual Raza Cósmica
screenings can be reserved at razacosmica2023.eventbrite.com/. Community partners
for these screenings include the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute, the Latino
Collection and Resource Center at Central Library, Slab Cinema, the Jump-Start