Mexican Fiesta

Mexican Fiesta

Friday, September 15, 5 – 7pm

Hola Watsonville Film Festival Familia!

Watsonville Film Festival is excited to partner with Cabrillo College’s Hispanic Serving Institution Week to present a Mexican Fiesta at the Watsonville Plaza on Friday, September 15, from 5PM – 7PM.

This Mexican Fiesta, a free family event, will feature wonderful musicians & dancers. Enjoy live music by Mariachi Juvenil Corazón Jaliscience from Hollister and Laura Rebolloso, singer, dancer, poet and co-founder of the legendary Son Jarocho band from Veracruz, Son de Madera. Rebolloso is considered a virtuoso of the four- stringed instrument known as leona. She will perform with Son Jarocho Santa Cruz. The celebration also includes a dance performance by Watsonville’s own folkloric group, Esperanza del Valle.

At 7:30PM, at 318 Union Street Room A150, after the performances, WFF will present a free screening of a classic comedy from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema: El Rey del Barrio / King of the Neighborhood with beloved actor/comedian Tin Tán at Cabrillo College’s Watsonville Center (next to the Plaza). This film has been painstakingly restored and features English subtitles.

This special screening is a WFF collaboration with the Mexican Consulate in San Jose and the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE). Closing the evening with a classic Mexican film from the 1950’s will be a lot of fun! (100 min. Adult situations.)