The Salt Lake Film Center is one of the great organizations that help make
SLC a wonderful place to live. They have frequent film screenings and festivals. All with an interest of exposing the viewers to different cultures and ideas. If anyone wants to check out their calender of events and get on their mailing list got to
www.slcfilmcenter.org
These pics are from the Mexican film fest that they put together recently. I was only able to make it to one of the screenings but was treated to a performance by the Ballet
Alegria de Mexico. They are a local all volunteer dance group that performs at many of the cultural events around
SLC, performing traditional dances from Mexico.
The movie that I watched was called La
Zona. It is about an affluent gated community and how paranoia about outsiders warps their thinking. When 3 teenage boys break into their "compound" things get out of control. Very sad and very thought provoking. Definitely not what most of the people attending had expected. Which I suppose is the point of the festival. To show that Mexico is not just about dancing and drinking.
The Salt Lake Film Center is one of the great organizations that help make SLC a wonderful place to live. They have frequent film screenings and festivals. All with an interest of exposing the viewers to different cultures and ideas. If anyone wants to check out their calender of events and get on their mailing list got to www.slcfilmcenter.org
These pics are from the Mexican film fest that they put together recently. I was only able to make it to one of the screenings but was treated to a performance by the Ballet Alegria de Mexico. They are a local all volunteer dance group that performs at many of the cultural events around SLC, performing traditional dances from Mexico.
The movie that I watched was called La Zona. It is about an affluent gated community and how paranoia about outsiders warps their thinking. When 3 teenage boys break into their "compound" things get out of control. Very sad and very thought provoking. Definitely not what most of the people attending had expected. Which I suppose is the point of the festival. To show that Mexico is not just about dancing and drinking.
