SXSW panel: Latino cinema knows no boundaries

Monday, three of the festival’s Latin American born filmmakers joined moderator Charles Ramirez Berg, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, to discuss “New Trends in Latino Cinema.” About 30 seconds into the talk, however, they realized they might not have much to say on the given subject.

“I think there is a change in that Latino filmmakers are getting away from being so easily identified or grouped together and I think that’s good,” said Berg, who initially organized the event as a conversation between himself and producer Elizabeth Avellan.

Avellan, who worked with her husband Robert Rodriguez on films like “El Mariachi,” “Desperado,” and “Sin City,” recommended that Peruvian director Ricardo de Montreuil, who brought his film “Mancora” to the festival, join the conversation. Then, when they discovered that Mexican director Jonas Cuaron, the 26-year-old son of “Y Tu Mama Tambien” director Alfonso Cuaron, was bringing his first film “Ano Una” to the festival, they invited him to join in.”*

*From: http://www.brownsvilleherald.com
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