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[sold out] WFF Presents Sansón & Me @ CineLux // Watsonville
August 26 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
free
Update! Our special screening of Sansón and Me at CineLux Green Valley Cinema is SOLD OUT. We are excited to see you this Saturday, August 26 at 6PM.
If you reserved your spot and you can’t make it, POR FAVOR email us at watsonvillefilmfest@gmail.com to let us know, so someone else can use your ticket. Also, please make sure to arrive at least 15 minutes in advance or we will release your ticket(s) to people waiting at rush. Any tickets that become available at the door will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis.
Saturday, August 26
August 26 · 6pm
Location: CineLux Green Valley Cinema
1125 South Green Valley Road Watsonville, CA 95076
Don’t miss the award-winning documentary film SANSON AND ME which we had to postpone during our Festival in March due to the flooding. The event is free of charge. Register to secure your seats. Maximum four seats per order. Please arrive at least 15 minutes early or your seats will be given people the waiting list. Muchas gracias CINELUX for sponsoring this special screening!
No se pierdan el premiado documental SANSON Y YO, el cual tuvimos que posponer durante Festival en marzo debido las inundaciones. Este evento es gratuito pero necesitan registrarse para asegurar asientos. Solo cuatro asientos por orden. Por favor lleguen por lo menos 15 minutos temprano, o sus asientos se asignaran a las personas que estan en la lista de espera. ¡Muchas gracias a CINELUX por patrocinar esta funcion especial!
La pelicula trata de dos migrantes mexicanos, un joven purgando una cadena perpetua en prisión y el cineasta que fue su intérprete judicial, quienes forman un lazo de amistad gracias a la vida y el cine.
Film synopsis: During his day job as a Spanish criminal interpreter in a small town in California, filmmaker Rodrigo Reyes (499) met a young man named Sansón, an undocumented Mexican immigrant who was sentenced to life in prison without parole. With no permission to interview him, Sansón and Reyes worked together over a decade, using hundreds of letters as inspiration for recreations of Sansón’s childhood—featuring members of Sansón’s own family.
The result is a vibrant portrait of a friendship navigating immigration and the depths of the criminal justice system and pushing the boundaries of cinematic imagination to rescue a young migrant’s story from oblivion.
