[Special Screenings] Q Film Festival, 'Fight Club,' 'Princess Mononoke,' More

Sleep Dealer
Three strangers strive to connect, break technological boundaries and unseal their fates in a militarized, near-future world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network. Director Alex Rivera will be on hand at this Cosecha Latina/Latin Harvest showcase—co-sponsored by the UC Irvine Film and Video Center, UCI Humanities Center, UCI International Center for Writing and Translation, UCI Department of Film Studies, UCI Department of Chicano/Latino Studies and UCI Department of Spanish and Portuguese—which features the latest of new work by Chicano, Latino and Latin American media artists based in the United States in a variety of genres and formats. UCI, Humanities Instructional Building, Room 100, Lucille Kuehn Auditorium, Campus & W. Peltason drs., Irvine, (949) 824-7418; www.humanities.uci.edu/fvc/. Thurs., May 7. Reception, 6:30 p.m.; screening, 7 p.m. $3-$5.

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