The Cinema Tropical Festival screens the year’s best Latin American films, winners of Cinema Tropical Awards.
Cinema Tropical Festival 2017
The 7th annual Cinema Tropical Festival is at the Museum of the Moving Image February 24-26, 2017.
Friday, February 24 Screenings
Tempestad
Tatiana Huezo, Mexico, 2016
“Best Documentary”
In Spanish with English subtitles.
7pm ~ Q&A with the director.
Huezo explores the climate of fear that permeates a society where the rule of law is weak. She tells the stories of Miriam, falsely imprisoned for human trafficking, and Adela, a circus performer who has searched over a decade for her missing daughter.
Saturday, February 25 Screenings
Plaza de la Soledad
https://youtu.be/0JBdg7vBZRc
Maya Goded, Mexico, 2016
“Best Director, Documentary”
In Spanish with English subtitles.
2pm ~ Q&A with the director.
The acclaimed photographer documents the endless cycle of abuse, abandonment, and prostitution in La Merced, Mexico City, a place that has been a red light district since Aztec times.
Santa Teresa y Otras Historias
Nelson Carlo de los Santos, Dominican Republic, 2015
“Best First Film”
In Spanish with English subtitles.
4:30pm ~ Q&A with the director.
A poetic, experimental take on the human toll of the drug wars in Mexico.
Jacqueline (Argentine)
Bernardo Britto, USA, 2016
(Britto is Brazilian. The film is set in Argentina.)
“Best U.S. Latino Film”
In English, Spanish, and Arabic with English subtitles.
7pm ~ Q&A with the director.
Filmmakers follow a French woman who flees to Argentina claiming she has leaked government secrets that will cause a revolution. They quickly begin to wonder if she is just crazy, but keep looking for truth.
Sunday, February 26 Screenings
Bleak Street / La Calle de la Amargura
Arturo Ripstein, Mexico, 2015
“Best Director, Fiction”
In Spanish with English subtitles.
2:15pm
Two prostitutes kill two midget wrestlers in this bizarre, but true, Mexico City film noir crime story.
Neon Bull (Boi Neon)
Gabriel Mascaro, Brazil, 2016
“Best Fiction Film”
In Portuguese with English subtitles.
5pm
