The Excelsior Film Festival Short Film Series is a monthly event showcasing short films by local and independent film artists.
This month's special feature is
Waqaynan. Director Ariel Soto will be our special guest for the Q&A session.
The Tinku is a controversial and violent ritual that divides the Quechua community of Piruani. Some of the natives believe this celebration goes against their Christian beliefs and prosperity.
Others believe in the deep cultural tradition that celebrates nature through
personal sacrifice. The blood in the Tinku is a sublime act.
Ariel Soto has produced, written and
directed independent films covering a variety of cultural and social subjects.
His work has been screened at international film festivals.
http://waqaynanfilm.com/
7-7:30pm Film for general audience
7:30-7:45pm Intermission
7:45-8:30pm PG13 film
Children under 13 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.
The movie for this month is Morning Glory (1933, 74 mins) with Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.; directed by Lowell Sherman. 
African women are honored for many things: for their unending toil; for mothering the next generation and nourishing the group; for upholding tradition and protecting belief. Artists over the centuries have celebrated their beauty and power. This slide lecture presents women of past and present, those who honored tradition and those who are leading the way to equality, freedom and justice.
The Excelsior Film Festival Short Film Series is a monthly event showcasing short films by local and independent film artists.
The movie for this month is Morocco with Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper, directed by Josef von Sternberg.
A cabaret singer arrives in Morocco and continues her wicked career by enslaving all the men in sight, until she finally falls in love.