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Cinema LatinXperience: Mexico Hyperreal Film Club
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Cinema LatinXperience is a virtual film series hosted by Nico Treviño highlighting the explosion of filmmaking and productions coming from Latin America in the 21st century. This month we focus on Mexico, where films and filmmakers have emerged and succeeded in attaining some of the world’s most renowned accolades, while also capturing colorful nuance and idiosyncratic human experiences.
Cinema LatinXperience: Mexico will also examine the political, social, and historical backdrop of contemporary cinema in an attempt to better understand its ties to the modern Mexican identity.
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Cinema LatinXperience: Silent Light
So far in this series we have highlighted Cumbia music in the barrios of Monterrey and seen differences of class and race within the bustle of Mexico City. This week, we are taken to the rural countryside of Chihuahua where our film presents the moral contemplations of a religious man. We dive head first into the ethnic-religious group known as Mennonites.
About the featured guest: Faiza Kracheni is an experimental media artist, nonprofit leader, musician, and educator in Austin, Texas.
She is currently a Director at Motion Media Arts Center (Austin School of Film + Austin Cinemaker Space), co-founder of Texan women’s film festival Transform Film Fest, and a member of the UNESCO Media Arts Austin board.
You can often find her making music & touring with her bands/projects, creating experimental art pieces, or teaching film/new media classes around Texas and beyond. Her experimental media has exhibited + screened in Texas, Oklahoma, California, New York, Canada, and Mexico. She has toured with her bands/projects around the US, Canada, and Mexico.
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Cinema LatinXperience: Roma
Week two’s film is Roma (2018), the powerful second punch of this series that convincingly argues that Mexican cinema and its reputation cannot be ignored. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, Roma received ten Oscar nominations and took home three, including a nomination for Best Actress and a win for Best Director. This film also serves as testament to representation in an industry that has long been dominated by outdated standards of beauty and exclusivity.
Featured guest: Cecilia Yakin is a LatinX multidisciplinary artist from Cancún, Mexico and is now based in Austin, Texas. Her mediums are video (analog and digital), film photography, and ceramics. In her work she often explores themes of intimacy, sexuality, mental illness, and identity. -
YA NO ESTOY AQUÍ
Cinema LatinXperience: Mexico Week One: Ya No Estoy Aquí (I’m No Longer Here) (2019)
Week one of this series kicks off with Ya No Estoy Aquí (I’m No Longer Here) (2019). Perhaps you’ve come across this title while scrolling through Netflix, or maybe you read about it on the lineups of international festivals as it racked up numerous awards during its circuit. Regardless, here with us now is your chance to view the film that so many people are talking about and dancing along with, too.
This Week's Guest: Carlos Rocha is a photographer from Matamoros, Tamaulipas. Now based in Austin, Texas, Carlos travels regularly to Mexico City and the border to add perspective to his work and retain cultural ties.
Watch the discussion here.