Cinema Detroit and The Detroit Film Theatre, in partnership with Cinema Lamont, will host Cine Mexico Now —a film series that portrays Mexican heritage and culture.
The film festival will celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by showing movies from Sept. 22 to Oct. 27.
Latin America has an important history when it comes to filmmaking, Paula Guthat said, co-founder and programmer at Cinema Detroit.
“Latin America has always been an important source of great films and filmmaking talent,” she said. “Going back to the silent era, filmmakers routinely worked on both sides of the Hollywood-Mexico border, and films were made in English and Spanish at the same time.”
Each movie being shown during the film festival is a different genre — so viewers can experience more than one aspect of Mexican culture and heritage.
Josh Gardner, founder of Cinema Lamont, said Cine Mexico Now will present “The Chambermaid”for the first time at the film festival. The movie is Mexico’s official entry to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature.
Cinema Lamont was founded in 2017 by Josh Gardner who sought out to foster a cross cultural understanding through experiencing international cinema, he said.