Ruby Film Field Trip: Hummingbirds
Join the Ruby to attend a screening of HUMMINGBIRDS (Directed by Silvia Del Carmen Castaños and Estefanía “Beba” Contreras) This film was named a New York Times Critic’s Pick and won the Generation Grand Jury Prize at the Berlinale.
We'll be meeting out front at 12:40 pm at The Roxie to try to find seats together.
Get tickets here! Please buy your tickets in advance and RSVP so we can get a headcount and share any updates with each other. Friends of Rubies welcome to join.
About the Film:
In Laredo, a city in southern Texas on the Mexican border, best friends Silvia and Beba know that the long summer nights of their youth cannot last forever. Their hang-out spots are so familiar but, stuck in an immigration process over which deportation hangs as a constant possibility, home still seems a fragile concept. Between bars, drive-thrus, friends' couches and the borderlands, they confront the stresses of survival, the future, and community building. For them, this means protest action for legal abortion and against border control abuses, in a politically divided America. But the dusty half-light is also a time for poetry and dreams. Their laughter and creative expression cement a sense of solidarity and belonging in togetherness.
There will be a post-screening Q &A with director Estefanía “Beba” Contreras and co-producer Dawn Valadez!