Hasta La Raiz
Ongoing Series
The Academy Museum presents a series on coming-of-age stories from across the Latine diaspora in the US and around the globe.
Queer picks include Brazilian The Way He Looks, Venezuelan Pelo Malo, and LA-set Chicana story Mosquita y Mari.
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PAST SCREENINGS
The Way He Looks
Academy Museum
This super-sweet Brazilian coming of age film, about a blind boy experiencing first love with a classmate, has a bopping soundtrack, and won the 2014 Teddy award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
This super-sweet Brazilian coming of age film, about a blind boy experiencing first love with a classmate, has a bopping soundtrack, and won the 2014 Teddy award at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, arrives at their classroom, new feelings blossom in Leonardo making him question his plans.
Mosquita y Mari
Academy Museum
Writer-director Aurora Guerrero and actors Fenessa Pineda and Venecia Troncoso
After being assigned as study partners, two Chicana high schoolers find a bond that confuses them at times.
Bad Hair (Pelo Malo)
Academy Museum
A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale.
