Spanish-language films are headed downtown to the Fox 蜜柚直播 Theatre starting in September.
The venue will be hosting the Cinema Tucs贸n series once a month, and is launching with a screening of the 2019 Jos茅 Mar铆a Yazpik film 鈥淧olvo鈥 (Powder) at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 19.
鈥淧olvo鈥 follows a man who returns from his search for stardom in Hollywood to his tiny hometown in Mexico to retrieve a shipment of cocaine mistakingly air-dropped by a drug cartel.
Presented by Cinema Tropical and the UA Center for Latin American Studies, in partnership with the Consulado de M茅xico en 蜜柚直播, the series will offer a mix of film offerings, from Mexican classics to newer projects and cult hits.
It will follow 鈥淧olvo鈥 up with a screening of a digitally restored version of 鈥淭he Batwoman鈥 from 1968, on Oct. 17. Starring Maura Monti, 鈥淭he Batwoman鈥 is director Ren茅 Cardona鈥檚 spin on the comic hero 鈥淏atman鈥 craze of the 1960s.
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Both films start at 4 p.m. and admission is $6 per screening.
鈥淧olvo鈥 will be followed by an afterparty at Borderlands Brewing, 119 E. Toole Ave., starting at 6:30 p.m.
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