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By Reena Dutt
Arizona Daily Wildcat
September 24, 1997

Cine Latino festival brings hard hitting films to The Screening Room


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Dan Hoffman
Arizona Daily Wildcat

Work of the artist Victor M. Escobedo is currently display at the Screening Room. An art exhibition is running in conjunction with the Latino film festival at the theater.


The Arizona Daily Wildcat

If you need a break from Hollywood films and you don't know where to go, check out The Screening Room. Located at 127 East Congress, it is easily accessible and hard to miss.

The Screening Room is run by a nonprofit organization that specializes in "Extraordinary Films Not Seen On Ordinary Screens."

In other words, they bring a variety of films, including foreign and independent, to the public for a small fee of $3 to $4.

Through Oct. 5, The Screening Room is holding their second annual Cine Latino Festival. Brought to the public by the Arizona Media Arts Center and Nicaragua's Arte y Cultura, the films that are to be shown come from five Latin American countries and the United States. All the films will be shown Thursday through Sunday, and depending on the day, matinees or evening screenings will be available.

Although two of the movies, "Danzon" and "I Don't Want to Talk About It," have already been shown, there is no reason to miss the rest of this festival.

"Pixote" is the next film, which will begin showing from Thursday through Sunday. This film explores childhood in the Rio underworld, using an unsentimental outlook on the lives of homeless children. Having been nominated Best Film of the Year by critics in New York and Los Angeles, it is something you may not want to miss.

The film after that is from post-revolutionary Cuba, "Memories of Underdevelopment." Set in the early 1960s, the film takes a look at views on the new society of Cuba. Impacting third world cinema, the film bases itself on a European-ized Cuban intellectual and only by watching it will you see what is discovered.

The film runs from Friday through Sunday.

The next film to be shown is a story of teen-age youths in Medellin, Colombia, murder capital of the world. Using teens that play themselves, the director explores the hopeless lives of kids dealing with violence and drugs.

Since these teens are acting as their own characters, it is hard to imagine that some of the actors have already been killed by the subject matter they were presenting, giving the audience even more of a reason to see what life is like for a teen in Medellin. The film, "Rodrigo D: No Future," runs from Oct. 2 through Oct. 5.

The last film of the festival is "Mi Vida Loca," running from Oct. 3 through Oct. 5. Directed by a new American director, the movie focuses on the female side of gang-life. The story is about best friends growing up to be rivals due to the passions of love, life and family.

Although this festival is based on Latin American films, The Screening Room also features films from other parts of the world and other independent productions. Most of the films in the Cine Latino Festival are in Spanish or Portuguese, but do not fear, for English subtitles are provided. The festival is a definite source for culture and entertainment, so give it a go, and see what they are offering. For program information and show times, call 622-2262.


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