HOSTED BY ROBERT MAILER ANDERSON with Special Guest DAVID HIDALGO OF LOS LOBOS

6:15 PM: Gramophone Concert with Robert Mailer Anderson (aka DJ GrampaPhone)

7:00 PM Musical Performance by David Hidalgo

7:30 PM Screening of MACARIO

Q&A to follow

MACARIO (1960)

A supernatural drama directed by Roberto Gavaldon (“the greatest director of The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema”), starring Ignacio Lopez Tarso and Pina Pellicer with cinematography by Gabriel Figuroa (Academy Award nominated “Night of The Iguana” 1964). Visually stunning and calling to mind classics such as Bergman’s “The Seventh Seal” (where Death is also a character!) and Figuroa’s mentor Gregg Toland (“Grapes of Wrath,” “Citizen Kane”) it was the first Mexican film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. A fable of a starving woodcutter and his impoverished family, who wants to selfishly eat a whole turkey on All Saints Day, and whether he will share his meal with his wife, children, The Devil, God, or Death. Based on the B Traven novel and the Brother Grimm tale, it remains a haunting highmark in Mexico’s moviemaking history

David Hidalgo

Living legend, lead guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist of the Gammy Award-winning LOS LOBOS! Celebrating their 50th year as a band, David Hidalgo has been a singular creative force in music, a master guitarist, percussion player and accordionist, he effortlessly blends musical genres from rock and roll, son jarocho, norteño, folk, cumbia, country, soul, and punk. Aside from making over 25 albums with Los Lobos and dozens of guest recordings (incl. Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan...) Hidalgo was the singing voice for Richie Valens in “La Bamba,” and his soundtrack credits include COLORS (1988), BACKDRAFT (1991), and WINDOWS ON THE WORLD (2019). In 2024, Los Lobos became members of the California Hall of Fame.

Robert Mailer Anderson

A native San Franciscan and 9th generation Californian, writer, producer, filmmaker, and activist, Anderson's most recent work is the graphic novel "My Fairy Godfather” - dedicated to The Castro Theater. He is also known as "DJ GrampaPhone” - spinning 78 records on his 110 year old gramophone.