FRI MAR 15, 2024 7:30 PM HELI / LOS BASTARDOS $8.00 (member) ; $13.00 (general admission) Ticket prices include a $2.00 online booking fee. Aero Theatre | Q&A with filmmaker Amat Escalante Co-presented by Hola Mexico Film Festival ‘Amat Escalante: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’ Checking Event Status... *This is an RSVP which means first come first served. This RSVP does not guarantee a seat. Not a Member? Join Today. Already a Member? Be sure you are logged in to your account. Your RSVP is being held for 1 minute, please select the quantity and fill out your contact info to complete the RSVP First Name Last Name Email Quantity Subscribe to our newsletter FINISH
ABOUT THE FILMS: HELI, 2013, Dir. Amat Escalante, 105 Min, Strand Releasing, Mexico In Spanish with English subtitles. Winner of the Best Director prize at Cannes Film Festival, HELI is “hypnotic and starkly beautiful…a stunning piece of filmmaking” (Los Angeles Times). When Heli’s 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves him in Mexico’s brutal drug war, Heli must do everything it takes to protect his family. As he descends further into inescapable and nightmarish corruption and violence, it threatens to tear his life apart. FORMAT: DCP LOS BASTARDOS, 2009, Dir. Amat Escalante, 90 Min, Mexico In Spanish with English subtitles. Award-winning film about two undocumented Mexican day laborers in L.A. Each day they stand on the corner at the home improvement store seeking employment. Today, the job they are given is well paid compared to their poor usual wages. Today, one of them carries a shotgun inside his backpack. FORMAT: 35mm