In partnership with
the Latinx Research Center, An Interdisciplinary and Transamericas Research Hub

Wachale Cineteca Presents:

cine nepantla

excavating nepantlera/x strategies of rēsistance from the 1950s to the 2020s

Join us this semester at UC Berkeley’s Latinx Research Center for Wachale Wednesdays.

theme

The theme for Wachale Wednesdays this semester is Cine Nepantla. Our curator dug through the archives to bring together images—whether moving, still, or disappeared—that reveal strategies of resistance, namely, strategies put forth by feminist and queer theorist (or to borrow an Anzaldúan term: Nepantleras). In this program, we are focusing on images between the 1950s and the 2020s, from the once-banned film SALT OF THE EARTH (1954), to a video published on YouTube titled DREAMING OF BILLY DREAMING OF GABRIEL (2024).

format

We will alternate between “brown bag” screenings from 12:00p.m. to 2:15p.m. where you are encouraged to bring and enjoy your own lunch while you watch, and moonrise screenings from 5:00p.m. to 7:15p.m. Our program is designed in a manner that allows folks to drop-in, although staying for the full presentation allows you to see how all the films reveal a greater story.

you might be wondering, “what is a cineteca?”

A cineteca, also called a cinematheque, “is a specialized institution, archive, or library dedicated to the preservation, restoration, study, and exhibition of film heritage. These institutions often house extensive collections of films, documentaries, and related artifacts, offering public screenings, research, and cultural promotion of cinematic art.” Some famous examples are Cineteca Nacional in Mexico City, or the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles. Ours is an educational cineteca housed in a new micro cinema space at UC Berkeley’s Latinx Research Center. On one hand, our focus is to study film and other images of U.S. Latinx and hemispheric communities, and on the other, our mission is to present the often-difficult-to-find films and our research to the greater UC Berkeley community.