Noche de Familia: Noche de Curanderismo & Bless Me, Ultima

Name: Noche de Familia: Noche de Curanderismo & Bless Me, Ultima
Start: 2025-09-06T16:00:00-06:00
Location: National Hispanic Cultural Center

Schedule

Sat, 06 Sep, 2025 at 04:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

National Hispanic Cultural Center | Albuquerque, NM

Noche de Familia: Noche de Curanderismo & Bless Me, Ultima
Saturday, September 6, 2025
4:00 pm Limpia Workshop
6:30 pm Film Screening: Bless Me, Ultima
New Mexico Gas Company presents Noche de Familia: Noche de Curanderismo, consisting of a limpia workshop and screening of Bless Me, Ultima.
Noche de Curanderismo will be dedicated to the immersion and celebration of the indigenous healing practices of Latin America and the Southwest. Curanderismo refers to these practices that rely on natural remedies. The community will have an opportunity to explore curanderismo through a limpia workshop. A limpia is a spiritual clearing practice. The workshop will be followed by a screening of Bless Me Ultima, a film that integrates these practices into a captivating narrative.
Rudolfo Anaya’s beloved and iconic Bless Me, Ultima returns to the NHCC with Carl Franklin’s screen adaptation in partnership with the English department of the University of New Mexico. Bless Me, Ultima is set in the 1940s in rural New Mexico and tells the story of a young boy and the mysterious healer who opens his eyes to the wonders of the spiritual realm. As the entire world is plunged into war and Antonio Marez grapples with the harsh realities all around him, his life is forever changed by the sudden arrival of Ultima, a curandera who inspires him to see the world from a new perspective.
2011; Carl Franklin; English; 102 minutes; Rated PG-13.
Workshop Runtime: 2 hours
Film Runtime: 1h 46m
Free community event, please register using the link below.
Reserve Here:
https://my.nmculture.org/48277/48278