Puerto Vallarta Information & Events
MOVIE OF THE WEEK:
You’ve heard of “Reefer Madness…”
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If the internet is slow, hit the pause button on the video and go to another tab on your browser and wait for the movie to buffer.
Schedule of Festival Films in the CineMark Theater in Plaza Caracol
Av. de Los Tules # 178, Plaza Caracol.
Phone : +52 (322) 224-8927
Showings are 42 pesos each (except for films in the Environmental Section which are FREE) and some are accompanied by presentations.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2008
SALA #5
SALA # 7
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2008
SALA #5
SALA #7
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2008
SALA #5
SALA #7
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2008
SALA #5
SALA #7
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2008
SALA #5
SALA #7
Among the Zapotec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico, boy babies who are born in a certain position, or little boys who prefer to play with girls, are raised as women, and are known as Muxes (pronounced “Mooshays”). n the town of Juchitán, in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Muxes have an important role to play in the life of the community. Because they are raised as women, the Muxes prefer to enter into relations with “straight” men. Since female virginity is important for marriage in Juchitán, unmarried boys have their first experiences with Muxes, but usually move on to a heterosexual marriage.
From “MUXES” a documentary feature (105 min) available at http://www.docfilm.com – A lively and surprising portrait of a group of homosexuals, who defend their sexual diversity while preserving their identity as Zapotec Indians in the “queer paradise” of Juchitán, Mexico. MUXES (pronounced ‘mooshays’) examines transgressive boundary-pushing within an indigenous culture that has historically embraced this “third gender. – more info at http://www.docfilm.com
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On the sun-baked Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico lies the town of Juchitán, whose population of indigenous Zapotec have for centuries warded off numerous invasions to preserve their identity. Today, Juchitán has an additional, more notorious identity, as a “queer paradise” that is just as fiercely protected by the local “muxes,” effeminate homosexual men whose socially defined role within the Zapotec culture pre dates the advent of gay liberation.
In Muxes, director Alejandra Islas focuses on a dozen “intrepid” muxes who, since the mid-70s, have been more aggressive in ensuring that they are a visible part of the daily life of the town rather than an accepted one. In a country where machismo prevails, this is all the more difficult for those that fall “in-between.” Twenty years after Paris Is Burning explored the self-definition of an urban gay subculture through its drag balls, Muxes takes a similar approach to a subculture that may be unknown to the world at large, but raises few eyebrows at home.
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In this society, muxes have traditionally filled the roles of sewing, cooking, preparation of celebrations and providing lifetime care for their parents. Likewise, the men we meet here are chefs, salon-owners, housekeepers and teachers, in addition to being inveterate fun-lovers and an acknowledged “outlet” for straight men in a culture that still values virginity in brides. However, all is not perfect in paradise, as Islas occasionally suggests in a frequently amusing way just how low the glass ceiling of acceptance might be for those who push too hard.
– Miami Film Festival, 2006
November 23 to 29, 2008
The Puerto Vallarta Daily Schedule of Events is continually updated. Last-minute additions and corrections are frequent. Click on most listings for more information about individual events.
The tourist High Season in Puerto Vallarta has begun. Calendar listings have expanded, the weather is mild, and the activity now centers on the clubs and social and cultural activities. The city is alive with new openings and beginnings full of promise and high hopes.
PICKS OF THE WEEK: Unfortunately, my picks of the week are both at the same time on the same day. Saturday night at 8 pm. Blu’s Block Party and the JARAMAR Concert, on opposite sides of town…. Such is life.
SUNDAY November 23
MONDAY November 24
TUESDAY November 25
WEDNESDAY November 26
THURSDAY November 27
FRIDAY November 28
SATURDAY November 29
SUNDAY November 30
If you have an event that you would like to see listed here, please email events (at) pvscene.com. The Listings are Free. Display Ads cost an Arm and a Leg (or 2).
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October 26 to November 4, 2008
The Puerto Vallarta Daily Schedule of Events is continually updated. Last-minute additions and corrections are frequent. Click on any listing for more information for individual events.
The tourist High Season in Puerto Vallarta is beginning. Calendar listings are expanding. The weather is cooling, the rain is ending and the activity now centers on the clubs and social activities. The city is alive with strange new openings and beginnings full of promise and high hopes. This is the week of Halloween and Dia de los Muertos, very similar and very popular party events.
SUNDAY October 26
MONDAY October 27
TUESDAY October 28
WEDNESDAY October 29
THURSDAY October 30
FRIDAY October 31
SATURDAY November 1
SUNDAY November 2
MONDAY November 3
TUESDAY November 4
If you have an event that you would like to see listed here, please email events (at) pvscene.com. The Listings are Free.
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The first time I saw this movie, back in Berkeley in the late 1970s, I almost walked out of the theater because it hit me hard. I was reviewing movies for a small weekly newspaper and knew that this was a controversial movie but I wasn’t ready for the images on that big screen. When I saw it years later, I nervously laughed at the scenes that had previously challenged my “free love,” “liberal” tendencies.
That this movie is playing in the local library here in Puerto Vallarta is amazing to me. I’m sure that it will be the truncated 90 minute version and not the uncensored 160 minute version, but, hey, what the heck…. Not much is left to the imagination in any version. I’m going to this showing simply to see the audience reaction.
7pm Friday, October 24
4pm, Saturday, October 25
15 pesos
Caligula
(Italy – US)
Penthouse/Felix. Director Tinto Brass; Producer Bob Guccione, Franco Rossellini; Screenplay [uncredited]; Camera Silvano Ippoliti; Editor Nino Baragli; Music Paul Clemente; Art Director Danilo Donati
Starring:
Malcolm McDowell
Teresa Ann Savoy
Helen Mirren
Peter O’Toole
John Gielgud.
Biblioteca Los Mangos – Puerto Vallarta