Don't miss the spring CineCulture lineup. CineCulture Club promotes cultural awareness through film and post-screening discussions.

"En el Séptimo Día (On the Seventh Day)" (2018)
When: 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 3
Where: Peters Education Center Auditorium (west of the Save Mart Center in the Student Recreation Center building)

All films screened on campus are free and open to the public. Parking is not enforced after 4 p.m. on Fridays.

Discussant: Adela Santana

"En el Séptimo Día (On the Seventh Day)," a fiction feature from director Jim McKay, follows a group of undocumented immigrants living in Sunset Park, Brooklyn over the course of seven days. Bicycle delivery guys, construction workers, dishwashers, deli workers and cotton candy vendors, they work long hours, six days a week and then savor their day of rest on Sundays on the soccer fields of Sunset Park. José, a bicycle delivery worker, is the team’s captain – young, talented, hardworking and responsible. When José’s team makes it to the finals, he and his teammates are thrilled. But his boss throws a wrench into the celebration when he tells José he has to work on Sunday, the day of the finals. If he doesn’t work, his job and his future will be on the line. But if he doesn’t stand up for himself and his teammates, his dignity will be crushed. Shot in the neighborhoods of Sunset Park, Park Slope, and Gowanus, "En el Séptimo Día" is a humane, sensitive and humorous window into a world rarely seen. The film’s impact is made quietly, with restraint and respect for the individual experiences, everyday challenges and small triumphs of its characters.

Sponsor: Chicano and Latin American Studies

Coming next: - "Adios Amor – The Search for Maria Moreno" (2017)

In "Adios Amor," the discovery of lost photographs sparks the search for a hero that history forgot — Maria Moreno, a migrant mother driven to speak out by her 12 children's hunger. Years before Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta launched the United Farm Workers, Maria picked up the only weapon she had — her voice — and became an outspoken leader in an era when women were relegated to the background. The first farm worker woman in the United States to be hired as a union organizer, Maria’s story was silenced and her legacy buried — until now. With the search for Maria Moreno, "Adios Amor" raises provocative questions about whose lives we remember and recognize, while inspiring viewers to launch their own journeys of discovery into the past.

For a complete schedule, visit the College of Arts and Humanities blog.

CineCulture is a film series provided as a service to Fresno State students, faculty, staff and community. CineCulture is also offered as a three-unit academic course (MCJ 179) in the Media, Communications and Journalism Department. The course fulfills General Education Integration Area Multicultural International (MI). For students entering Fresno State Fall 2018, the course satisfies a university graduation requirement.

Fresno State encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation or have questions about the physical access provided, please contact us in advance to your participation.

For more information, contact Dr. Mary Husain (instructor and club adviser) at mhusain@csufresno.edu.