75 YEARS OF LATINX-CANADIAN CINEMA
75 Years of Latinx-Canadian Cinema is a program that showcases films made in Latin America or by Latin Americans in Canada from 1947 to 2021. It is part of the ongoing research conducted by Camilo Martín-Flórez, PhD, collection curator at the National Film Board of Canada. The goal of this research is to highlight the different phases that the production of NFB films has gone through in Latin America and to promote the arts and culture of an underrepresented Canadian community.
The program presented at VLAFF 2022 focuses on the 25-year career of Germán Gutiérrez and includes the screenings of four of his feature-length films. The program also highlights films by Marilú Mallet, Nadine Gómez, Tamara Segura, Thomas Farley, Carmen García, Anne-Mary Mullen, and Christian Sida.
Who Shot My Brother? 
As Night Descends 
La cueca sola 
Societies Under the Influence 
The Coca-Cola Case 
Santuario: A Punk Portrait of Paty Aguirre 
Song for Cuba
Program 1 – Online
México Today (1947 | 10 min)
Man of America (1956 | 30 min) by Thomas Farley & Jacques Bobet
Background to Latin America (1963 | 58 min)
Program 2 – In Cinema
The Coca-Cola Case (2009) Dir. Germán Gutiérrez & Carmen García
Tuesday, Aug 30 at 6:30pm
The Cinematheque
Program 3 – Online
Who Shot My Brother? (2005) by Germán Gutierrez & Carmen García
Program 4 – Online
Five Centuries Later (1991) & Societies Under the Influence (1998) by Germán Gutiérrez
Program 5 – Online
As Night Descends (2020 | 10 min) by Nadine Gómez
Song for Cuba (2014 | 7 min) by Tamara Segura
La cueca sola (2003 | 52 min) by Marilú Mallet
Program 6 – In Cinema
Santuario: A Punk Portrait of Paty Aguirre (2021) by Christian Sida & Anne-Mary Mullen
Saturday, Sept 3 at 6:45pm
The Cinematheque
With thanks for the generous support from the National Film Board of Canada
