“The Long Labor,” a short documentary that follows Watsonville midwife Maria Ramos Bracamontes, is part of the Watsonville Film Festival’s program this year. Lookout spoke with the film’s co-director Consuelo Alba, who also founded the festival.
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Documental que muestra el trabajo de una partera local se proyectará en el Festival de Cine de Watsonville la próxima semana
“The Long Labor,” un cortometraje documental que sigue a la partera de Watsonville María Ramos Bracamontes, forma parte del programa de este año del Festival de Cine de Watsonville. Lookout habló con la codirectora de la película, Consuelo Alba, quien también fundó el festival.
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Watsonville earns prestigious state ‘cultural district’ designation
The city of Watsonville has been designated a “cultural district” by the California Arts Council, a recognition of the city’s commitment to promote local arts and one of only 24 such designated places in the entire state.
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Watsonville film screening Wednesday explores masculinity and mental health in youth
CineLux Green Valley Cinema in Watsonville is screening a documentary film about youth and masculinity directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. “The Mask You Live In” will be the main focus of a community screening and panel discussion on Wednesday
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Celebrating lowrider culture at the heart of 2024 Watsonville Film Festival
Lowrider cruising is now legal in California after a new law took effect in January, and the timing couldn’t be better for this year’s Watsonville Film Festival, which kicks off March 7 and includes an exhibition with Pajaro Valley Arts focusing on lowrider culture.
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Watsonville Film Fest celebrates Mexican music, honors farmworkers with free live show at the Plaza
The Watsonville Film Festival will hold a free concert in honor of local farmworkers later this month and the lineup includes North Bay headliners “Los Cenzontles,” who also have a special connection to a film being screened at the festival.
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Watsonville Film Festival’s Juneteenth celebration program makes murals the centerpiece
“Murals/Art/Activism” will feature a virtual screening of a pair of films, a Zoom live event and a pop-up discussion of the arts at Watsonville City Plaza downtown during the June 15-18 event in solidarity with Juneteenth.
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Voices from the ‘Ville: Young filmmakers form their own highlight reel at Watsonville Film Festival
The Califas Legacy Project throws a much-needed spotlight on the contributions of local visual artists Guillermo Aranda,…
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Boulder Creek band releases album from the ashes of 2020, Watsonville Film Festival ready for its closeup
THE HERE & NOW: Besides the latest in music and movies, columnist Wallace Baine catches up with the Santa Cruz Mountains band Wolf Jett, winners of last year’s Clam Chowder Cook-Off, which went drive-up this weekend.