Reading Guide: This article is bilingual. You will find the English translation below each paragraph.
Cinema and Community: The Heart of the Project
Building community isn't easy. We often complain about everything our neighborhoods lack and forget that we can also organize ourselves to make things happen. I'm already part of the health committee, but I thought it would be great to do something cultural, especially for the youth. Even though I don't have much spare time, I feel it's our responsibility to take care of and activate our spaces instead of just criticizing. Besides, if I were back in my hometown, I probably would have been drafted to be a topil (traditional community servant) by now lol, so this is my way of doing community service here. I managed to convince our president to start organizing these screenings, to the point where, jokingly, I've crowned myself the "President of Health and Culture."
This effort, driven by the social projects @cineyekuk and @cine.poo, has a clear goal: generating real social impact. And that's why this Sunday, April 26th at 6:30 pm, we will host a special, completely free screening of the film El diablo fuma.
A Call to Action
We know this great film is about to hit commercial theaters, but thanks to community distribution efforts, we're screening it at our local cineclub first. This post is also a call to action for distributors and filmmakers to hear us: we want to bring independent, human, and high-quality cinema wherever we can. (A huge thanks to Mandarina Cine for their constant support and for lending us gems like Los hijos de la costa, which we'll be screening soon in May).
If anyone has a space, a projector, or simply the desire to join forces: let's organize!
Screening Details
- Date & Time: Sunday, April 26th at 6:30 pm.
- Location: Samaritana neighborhood offices, Santa María Atzompa. (Note: If it rains, we'll move the screening to my house, it won't be canceled!).
- Language: Spanish with English subtitles. (Just in case any foreigner wants to make the trek to Atzompa, lol).
Review: El diablo fuma
