Hop Film Event: Valentina (with director Tattijani Ribeiro in person)

A series of bureaucratic mishaps plagues Valentina as she tries to tackle a simple to-do list at the El Paso-Juarez border.

A series of bureaucratic mishaps plagues Valentina as she tries to tackle a simple to-do list at the El Paso-Juarez border. Valentina is a young woman caught between small debts and daily pressures in life in a border town. After receiving parking tickets she cannot afford, she sets out to pay them, believing it will be a quick task. Instead, she is pulled into a cycle of errands, conversations and delays that stretch across 48 hours. She goes back and forth between El Paso and Juárez, dealing with family members, part-time jobs and the constant reminder of limited money. The film follows her through this short time in her life, where she is derailed by a crippling combination of laziness, debt, bureaucracy, partying and imposing members of a close-knit family. Real people and places fill her world, grounding her story in daily life on the border. What begins as a practical attempt to settle fines grows into an honest portrait of life in El Paso. This event is free and unticketed. Get more info here.

Sponsored by: Hopkins Center for the Arts