![]() Ĭlarence was first caught breaking into a service station when he was 14 years old. Clarence and John were reportedly inseparable as youngsters they became skilled swimmers, and amazed their siblings by swimming in the frigid waters of Lake Michigan as ice still floated on its surface. Each June they migrated north as far as Michigan to pick cherries. ![]() Their parents, George Robert Anglin and Rachael Van Miller Anglin, were seasonal farmworkers in the early 1940s, they moved the family to Ruskin, Florida, 20 miles (32 km) south of Tampa, where the truck farms and tomato fields provided a more reliable source of income. John (born May 2, 1930) and Clarence (born May 11, 1931) were born into a family of 14 children in Donalsonville, Georgia. New circumstantial and material evidence has continued to surface, stoking new debates on whether the inmates managed to survive. Marshals Service case file remains open and active, however, and Morris and the Anglin brothers remain on its wanted list. ![]() In 1979 the FBI officially concluded, on the basis of circumstantial evidence and a preponderance of expert opinion, that the men drowned in the frigid waters of San Francisco Bay without reaching the mainland. Numerous theories of widely varying plausibility have been proposed by authorities, reporters, family members, and amateur enthusiasts. Hundreds of leads were pursued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and local law enforcement officials in the ensuing years, but no conclusive evidence has ever surfaced favoring the success or failure of the attempt. ![]() A fourth conspirator, Allen West, failed in his escape attempt and remained on the island. Late on the night of June 11 or early morning of June 12, the three men tucked papier-mâché heads resembling their own likenesses into their beds, broke out of the main prison building via ventilation ducts and an unused utility corridor, and departed the island aboard an improvised inflatable raft to an uncertain fate. In June 1962, inmates Clarence Anglin, John Anglin, and Frank Morris escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum-security prison located on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay. ¡Viva! Spanish and Latin American Festival is produced by HOME with the support of the Embassy of Spain in London, MUBI, and the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery.Alcatraz, with Angel Island (the fugitives' intended destination) in background, San Francisco Bay, March 1962Īlcatraz Island, San Francisco, California, U.S. With additional programme support from the Instituto Cervantes, the Leading Women project funded by the AHRC, and the Invisible Women archive activist film collective. The festival is curated by Rachel Hayward, Head of Film Strategy, Jessie Gibbs, ¡Viva! Festival Coordinator, and Andy Willis, Professor of Film Studies at the University of Salford and HOME’s Senior Visiting Curator: Film. Tickets will be on sale for Friends 9 Feb, Members 10 Feb, General 13 Feb The full festival programme is now live! Download your digital copy of HOME’s ¡Viva! Brochure, featuring Los Reyes del mundo on the front cover.Ĭlick the image below to download the pdf: Please note, this offer is only valid for new accounts and not available to use in conjunction with any other offer. As part of this partnership, you can get 30 days of MUBI for free, including the fantastic Catalan film Alcarràs (Carla Simón, 2022). HOME are delighted to announce MUBI as a continued sponsor of this year’s 29th ¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Festival. Join us on the opening night for the UK premiere of a joyous coming-of-age comedy from Spain, Llenos de gracia( Full of Grace), followed by three weeks of engaging drama, fascinating documentary and thrilling tension, as ¡Viva! 2023 serves up slices of life and flights of fancy from all corners of Spain and Latin America.ĭon’t miss our three post-screening Q&As with Spanish film makers, all taking place in the first week of the festival – returning guest Nely Reguera with La Voluntaria (The Volunteer) on Sat 11 Mar, Carlota González-Adrio with the UK Premiere of La Casa entre los cactus ( The House Among the Cactuses) on Wed 15 Mar, and Luc Knowles with the UK Premiere of Libélulas( Dragonflies) on Thu 16 Mar. Plus plenty of archive cinema treats – a classic from Juan Antonio Bardem, the UK premiere of 1970s hidden gems by fellow Spaniard Cecilia Bartolomé, and a programme of shorts from a Mexican feminist film collective. This year we screen 22 new feature films, including multiple UK cinema premieres, along with filmmaker Q&As, film introductions and other opportunities to get involved. Now in its 29th year, ¡Viva! returns for our annual celebration of Spanish and Latin American culture, bringing you a programme of the most exciting cinema from across the Spanish-speaking world.
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