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Salsa is very much alive in this Colombian documentary, which traces the history of salsa music and dance from New York City, where Puerto Ricans and Cubans helped create the genre, to present-day Colombia, where the city of Cali keeps the beat alive with a lively performance and dance culture. Thrilling musical numbers and extensive interviews with salsa stars (including Panamanian superstar Ruben Blades) testify to the multinational, multicultural, living beat of salsa. Presented as part of the Spanish Film Club series with the support of Pragda and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain. In Spanish with English subtitles.

Socorro, a cantankerous lawyer, lives in an apartment building that overlooks the plaza where the Mexican government massacred thousands of student protestors in 1968—including Socorro’s brother, whose death still haunts her. With the help of corrupt officials and a reformed narco, she fights to track down the soldier who killed her brother and questions just how far she’s willing to go to obtain justice. Presented as part of the Spanish Film Club series with the support of Pragda and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain. In Spanish with English subtitles.

Socorro, a cantankerous lawyer, lives in an apartment building that overlooks the plaza where the Mexican government massacred thousands of student protestors in 1968—including Socorro’s brother, whose death still haunts her. With the help of corrupt officials and a reformed narco, she fights to track down the soldier who killed her brother and questions just how far she’s willing to go to obtain justice. Presented as part of the Spanish Film Club series with the support of Pragda and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain. In Spanish with English subtitles.

Two young shamans team up with a mortician and a feng shui expert to stop a father’s vengeful ghost from destroying a Korean family living in Los Angeles. As the team investigates the father’s gravesite and begins to dig into the family’s history, they unearth more than they bargain for and find themselves battling the ghosts of Korea’s past in a fight for their own survival. In Korean and Japanese with English subtitles.

Two young shamans team up with a mortician and a feng shui expert to stop a father’s vengeful ghost from destroying a Korean family living in Los Angeles. As the team investigates the father’s gravesite and begins to dig into the family’s history, they unearth more than they bargain for and find themselves battling the ghosts of Korea’s past in a fight for their own survival. In Korean and Japanese with English subtitles.

This early film by acclaimed Chilean director Pablo Larraín (No, Neruda) follows Mario, an alienated morgue worker who becomes obsessed with a burlesque dancer in the weeks leading up to Augusto Pinochet’s 1973 coup. As the bodies of victims start piling up in the morgue and the military pressures Mario and his coworkers to falsify the autopsy reports, will Mario hold on to his humanity, bend under the new regime’s pressure, or simply snap? Presented as part of the Spanish Film Club series with the support of Pragda and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain. In Spanish with English subtitles.

This early film by acclaimed Chilean director Pablo Larraín (No, Neruda) follows Mario, an alienated morgue worker who becomes obsessed with a burlesque dancer in the weeks leading up to Augusto Pinochet’s 1973 coup. As the bodies of victims start piling up in the morgue and the military pressures Mario and his coworkers to falsify the autopsy reports, will Mario hold on to his humanity, bend under the new regime’s pressure, or simply snap? Presented as part of the Spanish Film Club series with the support of Pragda and the Secretary of State for Culture of Spain. In Spanish with English subtitles.