Aurora Guerrero

September 13th, 2012

"Mosquita y Mari" Movie Screening

Aurora Guerrero is a Xicana female filmmaker, LGBT director, and screenwriter from California. Described as activist first and filmmaker second, Guerrero focuses on collaborative work with her communities creating art forms that offer opportunities for dialogue and education.

Early in her career, Guerrero assisted director Patricia Cardoso on her debut feature “Real Women Have Curves”, which won the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award in 2002.

In 2005 Guerrero was selected as a Sundance Institute Ford Foundation film fellow. While there, she participated in the NativeLab Fellowship with her script for “Mosquita y Mari”. In 2005 her short film “Pura Lengua” debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. Her second short film, “Viernes Girl” won the 2005 HBO/New York International Latino Film Festival short film competition.

In 2012, Guerrero made her feature film debut at the Sundance Film Festival with Mosquita y Mari becoming the first Chicana filmmaker to debut a feature-length film who was also previously a Sundance Institute and Ford Foundation Fellow. The film tells the coming-of-age story of two teen Chicanas in Huntington Park, California who form a relationship ignited by sexual attraction. Guerrero describes an attraction to speaking about “actual violence within silence,” taboo subjects that are not easily spoken about between parents and children.

Read 2012 Aurora Guerrero interview at indiewire.com

Film & Community Conversations:
Dr. Adriana Ayala
Film & Community Conversations:
Dr. Humberto Morales
Film & Community Conversations:
Reyna Grande
Music:
Maestro Andrés Cárdenes

Film & Community Conversations:
Graciela Tiscareño-Sato
Monday, June 10, 2013:
A Conversation with Author of “Latinnovating,” Graciela Tiscareño-Sato
Saturday, May 11, 2013:
A Conversation and Violin Master Class with Maestro Andrés Cárdenes
Friday, May 10, 2013:
A Conversation with National Book Critics Nominee Reyna Grande

Friday, May 3, 2013:
From the Battlefield to the Plaza
Concerts:
Dia de los Muertos Community Concert and Family Activities
Friday, September 21, 2012:
California History Walking Tours
Special Events:
Maya Calendar Revealed

Cine y Cena - Dinner and a Movie @ VivaFest!:
20th Anniversary Como Agua Para Chocolate Diner
Thursday, September 13, 2012:
The Weight of the Nation
Film & Community Conversations:
Irene Chavez
Music:
Las Cafeteras

Music:
La Misa Negra
Film & Community Conversations:
Aurora Guerrero
Dance:
Guelaguetza performers from Santa Cruz
Cine y Cena - Dinner and a Movie @ VivaFest!:
20th Anniversary Like Water for Chocolate

Saturday, September 15, 2012:
The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz
VivaFest! Film Series @ theTech Museum IMAX Theatre:
Mosquita y Mari
Monday, September 10, 2012:
Mexican Movie Night (In Spanish)
Film & Community Conversations:
Isaac Artenstein

VivaFest! Film Series @ theTech Museum IMAX Theatre:
Tijuana Jews
Film & Community Conversations:
Rick Najera
Saturday, September 8, 2012:
Taco Shop w/ Rick Najera
Concerts:
Domingo Gigante: A Night Of Stars

Music:
Los Texmaniacs
Music:
Trio Ellas
Music:
Paquita la Del Barrio
Music:
Ozomatli

Music:
Lila Downs
Music:
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan
Music:
Ronstadt Generations
Film & Community Conversations:
Ruben Navarette

Film & Community Conversations:
Javier Sicilia
Special Events:
VivaFest 2012 Spring Events – Conversations with Javier Sicilia Ruben Martinez and Ruben Navarrette
Concerts:
VivaFest 2012 Spring Events – An Evening of Comedy!
Dance:
Calpulli Tonalehqueh