To combat the spread of COVID-19 in Calgary, this screening has been indefinitely postponed.

Join Calgary Cinematheque for a free screening of the award-winning 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate, directed by Alfonso Arau. Based on the best selling first novel by Laura Esquivel, the film follows a young woman named Tita, who discovers a unique talent for cooking while tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves. Mexico’s submission to the 1993 Oscars, Like Water for Chocolate brings together traditional melodrama with magical realism to tell an irresistible story of transformation through food, love and death.

The film will be followed by a facilitated discussion with Sharon Stevens, Interdisciplinary Artist/Curator and AMAAS Staffer who just spent 6 weeks in Mexico. She initiated Equinox Vigil in Union Cemetery an artist-led event to honour the dead; a Calgary-styled Day of the Dead.

A multi award-winning media artist and activist, Sharon Stevens is an instigator who’s made a career of integrating art, activism, feminism, and social justice into a series of projects that enlighten, enliven and entertain. Her projects in art and social engagement have had the intent to situate works within communities and actively engage participation, predominately through new media. She has produced a body of video work ranging from documentaries, to feminist narratives to animation. Building on these previous projects, she has evolved and responded to different technologies within her media art practice. With 30+ years as a practicing artist, Sharon has been involved with many of the city’s arts institutions and has served on boards, juries, committees and staffs.