The ninth annual edition of the Chicago Latino Film Festival, produced by Chicago Latino Cinema and Columbia College, continues from Friday, October 1, through Thursday, October 7. Film and video screenings will be held at Pipers Alley, 1608 N. Wells; at Facets Multimedia Center, 1517 W. Fullerton; at the University of Chicago’s Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th St.; at the University of Chicago’s Cobb Hall, 5811 S. Ellis; at the Chicago Historical Society, Clark at North; at Loyola University, 820 N. Michigan; and on an outdoor video screen at the Spanish Coalition for Jobs, 2011 W. Pershing. Ticket prices per program (apart from free screenings and The Frontier, which costs $10) are $6; $4 for students, senior citizens, and disabled persons; and $3 for Chicago Latino Cinema members. Festival passes, good for all screenings except closing night, are $60, $40 for members. For more information call 431-1330.
Cuba Va: The Challenge
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In this Venezuelan feature by Oscar Lucien two teenagers try to attract national support so they can realize their dream of climbing Mount Everest, and one of them turns in desperation to smuggling drugs to Puerto Rico (1991). (Facets Multimedia, 7:00)
Excessive Baggage
See above. (Facets Multimedia, 8:00)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2
Savage Capitalism
