2012 Latino & Latin Amer­i­can Cul­tural Film Series
Pre­sented by Allied Arts and The Sea­sons Per­for­mance Hall
includes unlim­ited nacho bar and Salsa Danc­ing fol­low­ing each movie
 March 2: “La Mis­sion” (rated R, 117 min, English)

Mod­er­a­tor: Dr. Lauro Flo­res, Pro­fes­sor & Chair, Depart­ment of Amer­i­can Eth­nic Stud­ies, Uni­ver­sity of Wash­ing­ton
Grow­ing up in the Mis­sion dis­trict of San Fran­cisco, Che Rivera (Ben­jamin Bratt) has always had to be tough to sur­vive. He’s a pow­er­ful man respected through­out the Mis­sion bar­rio for his mas­culin­ity and his strength, as well as for his hobby build­ing beau­ti­ful lowrider cars. A reformed inmate and recov­er­ing alco­holic, Che has worked hard to redeem his life and do right by his pride and joy: his only son, Jes, whom he has raised on his own after the death of his wife. Che’s path to redemp­tion is tested, how­ever, when he dis­cov­ers Jes is gay. To sur­vive his neigh­bor­hood, Che has always lived with his fists. To sur­vive as a com­plete man, he’ll have to embrace a side of him­self he’s never shown. Writ­ten by Global Cin­ema