Latino Presence Is Felt At Sundance
By Michael Lopez, Huffington Post Latino Voices
Forget Hollywood and New York, right now the world’s greatest film mecca is Park City, Utah. From now until the end of the month, the city is hosting its annual Sundance Film Festival, which has brought out a host of stars and some very talented Latinos.
One of the most highly-touted movies of the fest is the Oscar-nominated No. This political drama documents the real life ousting of Chilean President Augusto Pinochetand is up for the Academy’s Best Foreign Language Film. Star Gael Garcia Bernal hit the Sundance carpet to promote the flick and strongly encouraged his fans to see it.
“This film talks about getting rid of a dictator or an oppressing government with democratic means,” he told the Sundance crowd. “It’s about a questioning. It’s a strong questioning.”
Another big hit at the fest is Narco Cultura, a documentary that delves deep into the world of Mexico’s narcotics traffickers. Focusing specifically on the troubled town of Juarez, this moving movie has interviews with crime scene investigators, victims’ families and even ranchero singers, all of whom have been impacted by the violence.
This article was first pubished in Huffington Post Latino Voices.
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