Co-presented by the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF): REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES, 2002 September 6, 2012

Thursday, September 6 – 7:30 PM
Co-presented by the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF): REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES, 2002, Newmarket Films, 90 min. Dir. Patricia Cardoso. First-generation Mexican-American teenager Ana (America Ferrera) is fresh out of high school and navigating the difficult decision between a full scholarship to Columbia University and family pressure to stay in East Los Angeles and work with her mother Carmen (Lupe Ontiveros) and sister Estela (Ingrid Oliu) at a downtown sewing factory. Patricia Cardoso’s moving feature made a splash at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, winning the Audience and Special Jury Prize awards, with Ferrera later nominated for Best Debut Performance at the Independent Spirit Awards. With George Lopez as Mr. Guzman. Screenwriter-playwright Josefina Lopez will sign copies of Real Women Have Curves And Other Plays at 6:30 PM in the Egyptian lobby. Discussion following the film with co-screenwriters Josefina Lopez and George VaLoo, actresses Ingrid Oliu, Soledad St. Hilaire and Julia Vera, director Patricia Cordoso and co-producer Marilyn R. Atlas. Free to American Cinematheque members.
Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKpDifyDIp0

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