December 1981: In the village of El Mozote, El Salvador, hundreds died at the hands of Salvadoran military troops.  Many of the dead were women, children and infants.  The documentary follows the United Nations inquiry into the disaster through the eyes, words, and work of Berkeley-based Argentinian artist Claudia Bernardi. Set in the jungle of El Salvador, this is a story of one woman's courage – from the tragic brutality of cultural repression to the visionary alternative of hope.   

Penelope Price is an award winning filmmaker whose work focuses on human rights and the arts. Her first documentary, PASA UN ANGEL, captured the top award at the 2000 San Francisco International Film Festival. She has similarly received a Telly Award in the Political Category for ARTIST OF RESISTANCE. Dr. Price has a PH.D. from Arizona State University and teaches at Scottsdale Community College where she has developed a Motion Picture/Television Program.

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WALKING THE LINE
Director: Jeremy Levine
Country: USA
Year: 2005
Runtime: 58 minutes

WALKING THE LINE offers a harrowing view of the chaos along the U.S.-Mexico border through individuals who have taken the law into their own hands. In southern Arizona, a region celebrated for its history of lawlessness and currently the most highly trafficked area for illegal immigration in the world, these “vigilantes” are acting in what they dub a “border war.” Following rancher vigilantes with semiautomatic weapons, outlaw pastors with four-wheel drives, and hapless immigrants dreaming of a better life, the film offers a scathing critique of a failed border policy; a policy that provokes lawlessness and achieves hundreds of deaths every year. At once disturbing, offbeat, and probing, the film explores the tangled line between what is patriotic, what is moral, and what is just.

Shows: Monday, Oct. 10 at 6:25 pm

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