Young Women United is sponsoring a free screening of the documentary No Más Bebés this Thursday, Oct. 27, from 5 to 7:30pm at the Domenici Center for Health Sciences Education (1001 Stanford NE). The film chronicles the story of Mexican-American women who gave birth at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center in the 1960s and ’70s and were sterilized against their will by the doctors who delivered their children. Following the screening, the host organization will present a dialogue with one of the film’s producers, Virginia Espino. You can guarantee a spot by RSVPing via Facebook.
Reel World: Fright Night Fright Night
The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science will present a “Fright Night” for adults over 21 on Friday, Oct. 28, from 7 to 11pm. There will be a cash bar, food trucks, a costume contest and a DJ spinning tunes in the “Disco Cave.” Admission is $15 in advance through Brown Paper Tickets or at the door. Students are $12 and museum members are $10. For an additional $5, you can check out the “frightening fractals” in the planetarium at 8 and 8:45pm. Or for $5 you can get a ticket to see the 1984 original A Nightmare on Elm Street on the giant DynaTheater screen starting at 9pm.
Reel World: Scary Cinema Scary Cinema
The historic KiMo Theater in Downtown is hosting its annual Halloween Weekend, starting with a haunted tour. This behind-the-scenes tour will teach audiences about the dark legends and lore of the nearly 90-year-old movie theater and hopefully introduce them to a resident ghost or two. The tour starts at 4pm and 5pm on Saturday, Oct. 29. Tickets are a mere $5, but are limited and tend to sell out every year—so get over to kimotickets.com quick to reserve your spot. KiMo is also celebrating the holiday with a trio of scream-worthy Hollywood horror flicks. Halloween’s Greatest Hits starts out with the slasher flick that introduced Jason Voorhees to audiences, 1980’s Friday the 13th. It screens Friday, Oct. 28, at 6 and 9pm. Next up with the serial killer who started it all, Michael Myers, carving his way through 1978’s Halloween. That screens Saturday, Oct. 29, at 2 and 7pm. The scares reach a fever pitch Sunday, Oct. 30, with a showing of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 shocker Psycho, starting at 2pm. Tickets for each individual film are $8 general admission and $6 students/seniors. All tickets are available in advance at kimotickets.com. The KiMo Theater is located at 423 Central NW.
Reel World: Ghosts Of The Plains Ghosts Of The Plains
Albuquerque’s Open Space Visitor Center, located at 6500 Coors NW, will host the New Mexico premiere of Bison Nation: Walking Sacred Sites on Saturday, Oct. 29, from 6 to 8pm. This is the second feature-length documentary by award-winning film producer and director Elke Duerr. The film, a follow-up to Duerr’s Stories of Wolves: The Lobo Returns, takes a look at the last remaining wild bison herds in the Northern Hemisphere. In addition to the film, there will be an opening blessing from Wellknownbuffalo of the Crow Nation and a special Buffalo Dance performed by Jim Red Eagle of the Nakota/Dakota/Lakota Nation. Ms. Duerr will host a post-film question and answer session as well.
