Friday is Film Night on the Coastside- film and live music from Latin America by coastside artists

The Coastside Film Society to screen two pre-release films about Latin America by local filmmakers.

Fri. Nov 20, 7:30 pm
Coastside Adult Community Ctr./Sr. Coastsiders.
925 Main Street, HMB
$7.00 adults, $4.00 students
Spanish with English Subtitles

A GIFT FOR ABUELO (13 mins) - A poignant tale of a young boy who honors his grandfather on Day of the Dead by protecting the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles that nest near his home. Gail Evenari, the local filmmaker who shot this film in Mexico will attend the screening.

LIVE MUSIC by Maikel Garcia & Ander Meyer. The score for the short was composed and performed by by Maikel Garcia, a Cuban-born jazz saxophonist who lives now in the Bay Area. He will perform live with pianist/bassist Ander Meyer.

LASER BEAM OF SANTIAGO (44 mins) - A documentary shot in Santiago de Cuba by the Film Society’s own Warren Haack. The film focuses on the life & music of Sergio delis Sabouvin (the Laser Beam of Santiago) a colorful street singer who is seen as a modern-day “Cuban Woody Guthrie”. Sergio is able to sing protest songs in a Communist dictatorship by walking a fine line and by blending honesty and humor.

“The film has an infectious quality and a real-time feeling that brings this great talent to us as if we were right there in the streets of Santiago.” Bravo Sergio! Bravo Warren!” Joseph McBride, film historian.

More info at HMBFilm.org