Latin American Foto Festival Programming

Opening Reception: Thursday, July 11, 6-9PM

On View: July 11-28, 2024

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FEATURING: Lalo de Almeida | Brazil • Manuel Almenares | Cuba • Lisandra Alvarez | Cuba • Santiago Billy | Guatemala • Alejandro Cegarra | Mexico • Fotokids | Guatemala • Magda Gibelli | Peru • Alí Marín | Mexico • Jorge Santiago | Mexico • Wara Vargas | Bolivia • Victor Zea | Peru

The Bronx Documentary Center (BDC) holds its 7th annual Latin American Foto Festival (LAFF) from July 11-28, featuring large-scale photographs by both emerging and established, award-winning photographers. Their work will be displayed throughout the South Bronx’s Melrose neighborhood. This year, marking the 7th anniversary of LAFF, we will be expanding the Festival to five new locations in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn!

The Festival includes works from Bolivia, Peru, Cuba, Mexico, Guatemala and Brazil–photographs representing long-term projects on Bolivian women wearing traditional skirts or “cholas”; environmental and social damage in the Amazon; the worlds of single mothers and girls in Centro Habana; a centuries-old ritual dance in Guatemala; the impact of US immigration policy on migrants in Mexico, the community of Tlacotalpan, Mexico, and its river; basketball culture in Oaxaca indigenous communities; the hip hop movement in Peru; and archival images of a Caribbean social club in Brooklyn. As part of the Festival, the BDC will hold in-person workshops, tours, panel discussions, and other community events.

The Latin American Foto Festival is curated by Cynthia Rivera and Michael Kamber.

Spanish translations by Maria de la Paz Galindo.

Gallery Hours:

Indoor:

• BDC I Thur-Fri 3-7PM + Thur-Sat 1-5PM (On view: July 11-28)

• Piragua Art Space I 12-8PM (On view: July 12 - August 31)

• La Sala de Pepe I Wed-Sat 1-6PM (On view: July 12 - August 31)

Outdoor:

Open during daylight hours, 7 days a week.

LAFF Public Programming:

WEEK 1

July 11 • 6-9PM

LAFF Opening Reception

6:30PM I Welcome + Informal Artist Walkthrough

LIVE MUSIC: 7:30PM I Anonima Orchestra

LOCATION: BDC, 614 Courtlandt Ave + BDC Annex, 364 E. 151st St Bronx, NY

July 13 • 5PM-12AM

Jackson Heights Reception

SCREENING + DISCUSSION: 5:30 | "Mamá" (2022) in collab w/ Caza Fuego

LIVE MUSIC: 7:30PM I Caracas Trio + 10:30PM I Gauchinangos

LOCATION: Terraza 7, 40-19 Gleane St, Queens, NY

July 14 • 2-6PM

Loisaida Reception

2PM I Piragua Art Space + 3PM I La Sala de Pepe

LIVE MUSIC: 4PM I Kiki & The Fellas (@ La Sala de Pepe)

LOCATIONS: Piragua Art Space, 367 E 10th St + La Sala de Pepe, 73 Loisaida Ave

** WEEK 2**

July 18 • 7-9PM

Open Mic in collaboration with The Nuyorican Poets Café. $5 Bronx Residents + $10 General Admission

LOCATION: BDC Annex, 364 E. 151st St, Bronx, NY

July 19 • 6-10PM

SCREENING + DISCUSSION: "Negra" w/ Medhin Tewolde + Dāso Soto in collab w/ Caza Fuego

LIVE MUSIC: Kiki & the Fellas

LOCATION: Piragua Art Space, 367 E 10th St, New York, NY

July 21 • 4-8PM

SCREENING: 4PM I "Los Sures" + "Toñitas" in collab w/ UnionDocs

LIVE MUSIC: 6PM I Plena del Puente

LOCATION: Toñitas (Caribbean Social Club), 244 Grand St, Brooklyn, NY

WEEK 3

July 25 • 6:30PM

SCREENING: "Last One Standing” I An intimate portrait of Adela from Casa Adela

LOCATION: La Sala de Pepe, 73 Loisaida Ave, New York, NY

July 28 • 12-6PM

LAFF Closing + Block Party I Games, exhibition tours, food vendors and more!

LIVE MUSIC: 2PM I Carmen Lienqueo + 4PM I Rueda de Oro +

LOCATION: E. 151st St x Courtlandt Ave, Bronx, NY

MORE DETAILS HERE