Join the Park Circle Film Society and Community Cinema Charleston for a preview screening of
"Las Marthas" Sunday, January 19 @ 4:00 pmOld Village Community Building4820 Jenkins AvenueNorth Charleston(directions)
The annual debutante ball in Laredo, Texas is unlike any other. Debutantes, most of them Mexican American, are invited to debut in elaborate Colonial gowns representing iconic figures from America's revolutionary history. Their goal: to recreate a party hosted by Martha Washington, but this time set on the U.S. / Mexico border. Las Marthas follows two of the young women who carry this gilded tradition on their shoulders -- one a prominent member of Laredo society and the other a newcomer from Mexico -- as they prepare for this extraordinary rite of passage.
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