Mexico ’68: Rojo Amanecer
@ Filmfront
1740 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Tuesday, October 2nd, from 7PM - 10PM
On October 2nd, 2018, the 50th Anniversary of the Tlatelolco Massacre in Mexico City, we present a screening of the 1989 film Rojo Amanecer (Red Dawn) by Jorge Fons followed by an open discussion.
This is the first in a two-part series responding to the Tlatelolco Massacre programmed by Jose Luis Benavides.
“It still shocks me how many people haven’t seen Rojo Amanecer (1989) directed by Jorge Fonsa. I’m even more shocked by how many people in the US don’t really know the full tragedy or scope of the Plaza de Tlatelolco Masacre which happened on Oct. 2, 1968. This 1990 Silver Ariel Award-winning Mexican film is quite gripping and unapologetic in its fictional though nonetheless graphic portrayal of the violence and emotional toll the massacre took on the tenants of the Plaza de Tlateloclo apartments where the massacre and following sweeps by Mexican soldiers took place. The film watches like a brutal piece of theater set within the small government apartment unit of one family stuck between the crossfires of political resistance and history.”––Jose Luis Benavides
Programmed by Jose Luis Benavides as part of the ongoing series Sin Cinta Previa.
ROJO AMANECER
by Jorge Fonsa
1989, digital projection, 99 min
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