In commemoration of two historic events in Mexico’s history, the bicentennial of the independence movement and the centennial of Mexican Revolution, the DFT is pleased to join with the consulate of Mexico’s Cultural Affairs Department to present a number of significant gems from Mexico’s rich cinematic history. Admission is free to all films in the Mexican Cinema series, which will continue on Thursday evenings through October 13.
This first program consists of a pair of classic works directed by Emilio Fernández (known by his colleagues as El Indio) and photographed by the legendary Gabriel Figueroa. La Perla is an acclaimed 1945 adaptation of John Steinbeck’s The Pearl, starring Pedro Armendáriz and Maria Elena Marqués. Las Abandonadas(1944) is the daring and invo ... Go to event
Audiences get to see big, international co-productions by such esteemed filmmakers as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Zhou Xiaowen, and recent years have also introduced the work of “underground” filmmakers such as Jia Zhang-ke. Yet rarely have we had the chance to see what might be called “popular Chinese cinema”—films still largely produced in the remnants of the old state-controlled studio system that will sometimes play to audiences of tens of millions without ever being distributed outside of China. “Eastern Promise: Popular Cinema from China” is an attempt to remedy this situation; included are eight films that have had considerable success with domestic Chinese audiences, films ranging in style from tender melodramas to sweeping epics. Of special importance is the spectacular The Foun ... 
