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    Quincenera

    Quincenera

    Presented by ALLGO at ALLGO

    January 8, 2008

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    Quincenera is a movie about a young Latina who is looking forward to her upcoming quincenera celebration -- the 15th birthday party that marks the passage into adulthood for Mexican-American women. Magdalena's expectations are raised by the lavish party her older cousin Eileen gets for the occasion, but Magdalena's mother and father insist on a lower-key affair that will focus on the more responsible aspects of grown-up life. However, Magdalena gets a crash course in that subject when she discovers she's pregnant with the child of her boyfriend, Herman; life at home becomes unbearable for her, and she leaves to live with her more sympathetic uncle, Tío Tomás. Home for Tío Tomás and Magdalena is a small apartment in a building owned by James and Gary, a gay couple looking to gentrify the neighborhood. Magdalena strikes up a friendship with her cousin Carlos, a roughneck teen with a good heart who is also on the outs with his family when they discover he's experimenting with his sexuality.


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        701 Tillery Street Suite 1-A
        Austin, TX 78702

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        January 8, 2008

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        Tuesday 6:30pm

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