Watsonville Film Festival presents El Poder del Arte

1713 Broadway Avenue,Seaside CA 93955

12 March, 2023

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Palenke Arts proudly presents the 11th Annual Watsonville Film Festival to Palenke Arts on Sunday, March 12, 6-8PM with a very special program entitled El Poder del Arte/The Power of Art, featuring two wonderful films: Strawberry Picker & Remover el Corazón (To Stir the Heart) Director Eugenia Rentería will be in attendance, There will be a small reception and Q&A session with the director. STRAWBERRY PICKER Directed by Eugenia Rentería. Producer Maria Cano. (2023) 20 minutes From a little boy growing up in labor camps and attending Watsonville schools, to a world-class artist, this documentary short looks at generations of struggle and resilience in the Chicano art community through the experiences of Juan R. Fuentes. (20 min. English. All Ages) REMOVER EL CORAZON / TO STIR THE HEART On September 19, 2017, a powerful earthquake shook Mexico. The children of one of the most affected villages learn to transform their trauma through poetry and painting. In San Gregorio Atlapulco, the creation of community through art shows us that when the earth opens, our hearts open up too. En el 2017 un terremoto sacude a México. Los niños de San Gregorio Atlapulco, uno de los poblados más afectados, aprenden a sublimar el trauma a través de su mundo poético interior y los colores de la pintura.