Screening of MI VIDA LOCA + Post-Screening Discussion
Speed Art Museum, South 3rd Street, Louisville, KY, USA
Overview
30th Anniversary Screening
Mi Vida Loca
Directed by Allison Anders
โAndersโs zigzagging story line allows her to follow side roads that result in beautiful digressions of the sort you wouldnโt find in a more conventional film.โ โ Hal Hinson,ย The Washington Post
Three stories of love and loss are cast with ebullient color and deep pathos inย Mi Vida Loca, director Allison Andersโs follow-up to the critically acclaimedย Gas Food Lodging. Telling the interweaving stories of a group of Latino women living in the Echo Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, Anders crafts a portrait that captures the contradictory levity and weight of life spent balancing friendship, romance, motherhood, and the quiet yet ever-present threat of violence.
The film features an ensemble cast consisting largely of unknown actors (and the first film appearance of Salma Hayek and Jason Lee) who embody a striking vulnerability as they navigate the rivalries that evolve throughout their neighborhood. Their stories are filmed with a bright energy, lovingly capturing a culture that features dazzling fashion, thumping music, and the gymnastics of lowrider cars. 1994, U.S., 35mm, in English and Spanish with English subtitles, 92 minutes.
Followed by a post-screening discussion between Ashland, KY-born director Allison Anders and LEO Weeklyย film columnist Tracy Heightchew.
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What to Expect
Date: Thu, Jul 11th
Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm EST
Where you will be
Speed Art Museum
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Screening of MI VIDA LOCA + Post-Screening Discussion