About the Event
The Sea is Within Me
(2025, US, 25 min.)
Directed by Lita Albuquerque
Saturday, October 3, 4:30 p.m.
For tickets visit: cinemahtx.org/hcaf/
Rice students can attend screenings at Rice Cinema for free, and receive a 50% discount for screenings at other participating venues by emailing a photo of their Rice ID to boxoffice@cinemahtx.org or showing it in person at the screening.
Screening followed by a Q&A with Artist Lita Albuquerque, moderated by Jana La Brasca.
The Sea is Within Me is a dramatic interpretation of one moment in time in Lita Albuquerque’s on going narrative of the character, Najma, a Twenty Fifth Century Female Astronaut (played by Jasmine Albuquerque) who comes to Planet Earth at different times in our history to remind us of our cosmic origins and to seed interstellar consciousness. To be able to transmit this light, she must endure several trials in order to pass this spiritual initiation. In The Sea is Within Me, she finds herself in the middle the sea with no land in sight; night is coming, and a storm is approaching. We see her here as she battles raw nature and her own psyche to come out triumphant. Through Jasmine Albuquerque’s emotive dance, Carmina Escobar heart wrenching and powerful voice and Laura Dykes hypnotic double bass, we encounter Najma in a sacred tribulation.
To purchase tickets visit: cinemahtx.org/hcaf/
Discounted parking available in West Lot 4. $6 flat rate, credit card required.
