Events on Thursday, March 18 (2021)

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2021 San Diego Latino Film Festival

- Thursday, March 18

2021 San Diego Latino Film Festival
The San Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF) is presented and produced by Media Arts Center San Diego. This year they will celebrate their 28th annual festival with in-person (drive-ins) and virtual screenings. The 11-day festival is aa celebration of Latino Cinema, Arts & Culture which will present over 100 films online online Latin America, the US, and abroad, as well as include live virtual Q&A sessions with filmmakers, and more.

Media Arts Center San Diego’s San Diego Latino Film Festival was established 28 years ago initially as a student film festival (Cine Estudantil) focusing on works by Latinos and/or about the Latino Experience. Since that time, the San Diego Latino Film Festival has developed into one of the larger and well-respected Latino film festivals in the world. Over 330,000 people have attended during the past 28 years and over 4,000 films/videos have been screened.

Admission/Cost: Ticket prices vary, see schedule link below.

Location:
Online streaming and Drive-in
Online Festival Schedule

Dates and times:
Ongoing from March 11 to March 21, 2021

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Talk: Race and Global China: Sino-Black Relations

1:00 pm - Thursday, March 18

Professor Keisha Brown will address the role of race in U.S.-China relations through the lens of Sino-Black relations. in tracing the historical connections of these transnational relations, Brown hopes to provide tools for thinking critically about the impact of ideas of race and networks of difference in China's growing global presence. This webinar is co-sponsored by the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, and moderated by UC San Diego Professor Victor Shih.

Admission/Cost: FREE

Location:
Online streaming event
Link: https://ucsd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tPxTXA2NRMC6IWeSOmMoyg

Thursday, March 18 - 1:00 PM

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Italian Film: Martin Eden

6:00 pm - Thursday, March 18

When unskilled laborer Martin Eden meets Elena, the daughter of a wealthy industrial family, it's love at first sight. the well-educated, refined young woman soon becomes an obsession for Martin, who hopes that his dreams of becoming a writer will help him rise above his humble origins to be able to marry Elena. With determination and at the cost of great hardship, Martin sets out to get the education that his class has never allowed him to receive. Finding support in an older friend, left-wing intellectual Russ Brissenden, Martin soon gets involved in socialist circles, leading not only to his political reawakening and crippling anxiety, but also to a conflict with Elena and her bourgeois world.

Join the SDIFF for a live discussion of the movie Sunday, March 21st at 11:00 AM.

Admission/Cost: $7 - $16

Location:
Online streaming event
Link: (see above)

Thursday, March 18 - 6:00 PM

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Talk: Polynesian Contact with the Americas

6:30 pm - Thursday, March 18

San Diego Archaeological Center presents a Living Room Lecture: the possibility of prehistoric Polynesian contact with the Americas has been considered by historians, archaeologists, and other scholars for centuries. Most evidence and most scholarly discourse have focused on South America, but as early as the 1930s, Alfred Kroeber suggested that cultural similarities between southern California and Oceania could be the product of prehistoric trans-oceanic diffusion. in this talk, Dr. Terry Jones will review archaeological, linguistic, and other evidence for such contact in North and South America with an emphasis on recent genetic studies that challenge some longstanding ideas. This virtual event will be held on Zoom.

Admission/Cost: Pay what you can

Location:
Online streaming event
Link: https://sandiegoarchaeology.org/polynesia/

Thursday, March 18 - 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

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Virtual Nowruz Celebration

8:00 pm - Thursday, March 18

Persian Cultural Center presents Celebration with RASTAK Ensemble Persian Cultural Dance Academy!

Persian Cultural Center of San Diego strives to build cultural bridges in our Iranian-American community. the pandemic has been straining our resources, please help us continue to produce and bring art and culture to you. Support our efforts at any level you are comfortable with, every dollar counts.

Premier on Facebook, YouTube & Instagram.

This is an online FREE event, please support us and donate to our case at pccsd.eventbrite.com or send your check to the PCC office. All proceeds will benefit the Persian Cultural Center.

Admission/Cost: FREE (Donations Appreciated)

Location:
Online streaming event
Link: www.eventbrite.com

Dates and times:
Friday, March 19 - 8:00 PM
Saturday, March 20 - 10:30 AM

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