Category Archives: Movies

Hispanic Heritage Month Film Festival

Library Events, Mid-Valley Campus, Movies, Pecan Campus, Previous Events, Starr County Campus

Good Morning Readers!

Not too long ago, we shared with you a flyer full of information about our wonderful speakers for Hispanic Heritage Month. Then, we promised you more if you would stay tuned… and now… Here’s MORE!

Now that we have wrapped up the beginning of our speaker series, before we launch into the second half, we have a fantastic movie break for you. Check out our flyer below for our highlighted movies for Hispanic Heritage Month, showing at 3 different campuses! That’s right, not just at Pecan, but MidValley and Starr County campuses as well!

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If you have any questions or would like more information about any of these films, please do not hesitate in contacting us by leaving a comment below or through our library contact:

Esther Garcia
Department of Library Services
(956) 872-6485
egarcia10@southtexascollege.edu

And as usual, they are entirely FREE and make for an excellent study break!

We hope to see you at one of these film events, fair readers, and have a WONDERFUL day!

Women’s History Month Film Festival

Library Events, Mid-Valley Campus, Movies, Pecan Campus, Previous Events

In honor of Women’s History Month, the STC Library is putting on a film festival at two of our campus libraries! The schedules and contact information for each are below. Hope to see you there!

Pecan Campus

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For more information, contact Esther Garcia at (956) 872-648 or at egarcia10@southtexascollege.edu

MidValley Campus

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For more information, contact Jessica Cruz at (956) 447-6663 or at jrcruz@southtexascollege.edu

Documentary for Mexican Revolution Centennial Nov. 18

Library Events, Movies, Pecan Campus, Previous Events

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Join the STC Library at Pecan to celebrate the one hundred year anniversary of the Mexican Revolution with a special documentary created by Hispanic Research Center at ASU.  The movie will be introduced by Dr. Trinidad Gonzales, history instructor at STC.

In addition to the movie, also, go by the library to check out a special display featuring books about the Mexican Revolution.

Date: November 18
Time: 12:00 pm
Place: F-102

For more information, contact Esther Garcia at egarcia10@southtexascollege.edu or at 956-872-6485.

Movie “Touch of Evil” on Nov. 16

Library Events, Movies, Pecan Campus

libevents-Movies11Come to the STC Pecan Campus to watch the Orson Welles classic Touch of Evil starring Charlton Heston and Janet Leigh.

This special screening will feature an introduction and a closing Q&A with Dr. George Díaz, STC History Instructor.  The movie also connects to the exhibit MEXtasy up at the Pecan Campus Art Gallery by William Nericcio.

“One of the greatest movies ever made in America! A wondrous gift no movie lover should miss.” – Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Date: November 16th
Time: 6:00 pm
Place: Building D (Rm 103)
Fee: FREE!

For More information, please contact, George Díaz at gdiaz9@southtexascollege.edu or (956) 872-2012.

“Harvest of Loneliness” screening with filmmaker Gilberto Gonzalez on Oct. 12th

Library Events, Movies, Pecan Campus, Previous Events

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The Platicas Sol de Aztlan will continue celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with the screening of the documentary “Harvest of Loneliness: The Bracero Program” presented by the film’s co-director, Gilbert G. Gonzalez, who will be in attendance and will participate in a Q&A session after the screening.  This event will take place in the Rainbow Room at the Pecan Campus Library on Oct. 12th starting at 6:00 pm.

The film “Harvest of Loneliness: The Bracero Program” shows how several million men, in one of the largest state-managed migrations in history, were imported from 1942 to 1964 to work as cheap, controlled and disposable workers. The documentary features the men speaking of their experiences and addresses what to expect from a new temporary contract worker program.

Dr. Gonzalez is also the author of numerous books, including Mexican Consuls and Labor Organizing : Imperial Politics in the American (check availability), Labor and Community : Mexican Citrus Worker Villages in a Southern California, 1900-1950 (check availability), and Labor vs Empire : Race, Gender, and Migration
(check availability).

Copies of the documentary will be available for purchase after the presentation.  View the trailer at the official website (http://harvestofloneliness.com/).

The lecture series is a collaboration between the Mexican American Studies Dept, the Department of Visual Arts and Music, and the Library at South Texas College.  To see a full listing of the events, see the schedule see below:

Date Time Presentation Presenter Location
9/23 7pm Musica Norteña Catherine Ragland Pecan
9/27 7pm Americo Paredes en Sus Palabras Manuel Medrano Pecan
9/29 2pm MEXtacy William Nericcio MidValley
9/30 1pm MEXtacy William Nericcio Pecan
10/5 7pm Machetazos Alvaro Rodriguez Pecan
10/7 7pm Local News Gary Soto Pecan
10/12 6pm Harvest of Loneliness Gilbert Gonzalez Pecan
10/14 7pm No Mexicans, Women or Dogs Allowed Cynthia Orozco Pecan

For more information about the Mexican American Studies Program, please visit their page (http://lass.southtexascollege.edu/hist_phil/mas/).

Celebrate Hector P. Garcia Day at the Library

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libevents-Movies8Pictured with President Lyndon B. Johnson

In 2009, the State of Texas decreed the third Wednesday of September to be Hector P. Garcia Day.  In honor, the STC Library will be screening a documentary about his life.  Dr. Hector P. Garcia was born in Mercedes.  He was a doctor, World War II veteran, civil rights advocate, and founder of the American G.I. Forum.  He was a U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

For more information about Dr. Hector P. Garcia look for the book about his life: Hector P. García by Ignacio M. Garcia (check for availability).

Also visit UTMB’s website dedicated to Dr. Garcia (click here).

Times
 Locations
9/15 at 12pm Pecan Library
9/15 at 12pm MidValley Library
9/16 at 12pm MidValley Library

For more information contact the MidValley Library at 447-6663 or the Pecan Library at 872-6485.

Frida screening Aug. 5th

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libevents-Movies6The Pecan and MidValley Libraries will be showing the movie Frida.  The movie is based on the Hayden Herrera biography, and was nominated for six Oscars, and it won two.

“Salma Hayek plays the Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo, whose tempestuous life with her unfaithful husband, muralist Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), drives the story of Frida. Maverick director Julie Taymor (Titus, the Broadway stage production of The Lion King) pulls out a wealth of gorgeous visuals to capture everything from the horrific bus accident that damaged Kahlo’s spine to her and Rivera’s trip to New York City, where Rivera’s political leanings ruptured a commission from the Rockefeller family.  Taymor’s dynamic energy and Kahlo’s forceful personality give Frida genuine emotional impact. The superb cast includes Roger Rees, Valeria Golino, Ashley Judd, Geoffrey Rush, Antonio Banderas, and Edward Norton. –Bret Fetzer from Amazon.com Editorial Review

Pecan Aug. 5 at 12pm

MidValley Aug. 5 at 12pm

For more information contact Esther Garcia at egarcia10@southtexascollege.edu or 956-872-6485.

John Adams movie June 7th!

Library Events, Mid-Valley Campus, Movies, Pecan Campus, Previous Events

libevents-Movies5To celebrate Independence Day, the Pecan and MidValley Libraries will be showing the monumental HBO miniseries John Adams. The miniseries is based off of David McCullough’s Pulitzer Prize winning book (click here to check for availability of book). We will be showing the first two episodes of the seven part miniseries.

Part 1: Join or Die opens with the night of the Boston Massacre. John Adams was a farmer and a lawyer, and he takes on the unpopular task of defending the British soldiers accused of murdering several American colonists.

Part 2: Independence shows John Adams as a new member of the Continental Congress that will eventually declare independence from Great Britain.

John Adams was described as “quite simply, as good as TV gets,” by the New York Daily News, and has won more Emmy’s than any other miniseries.

Pecan MidValley
July 7 at 12pm July 7 at 10pm