More films by Mexican and Mexican-American filmmakers are exploring the social and cultural changes brought about by drug cartels in Mexico. We speak about “Reportero” and “El Velador,” two new documentaries that are part of this trend, with Carlos Gutierrez, co-founder and director of Cinema Tropical, an organization dedicated to promoting and programming new Latin American film.

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Bernardo Ruiz’s “Reportero” will have its New York premiere at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival on June 21.

Natalia Almada’s “El Velador/The Night Watchman” will be screened at New York’s Museum of Modern Art June 14 through 20.

Co-founder and Executive Director. Carlos A. Gutiérrez is a film/video programmer, cultural promoter and arts consultant based in New York City. As a guest curator, he has presented several film/video series at different cultural institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, BAMcinématek, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA) and Museo Rufino Tamayo (Mexico City). He is a contributing editor to BOMB magazine and has served as a member of the jury and the selection committees for various film festivals including the Morelia Film Festival, SANFIC – Santiago Film Festival, The Hamptons International Film Festival, The Asian American International Film Festival and New Fest: The New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, among others. Photo courtesy of El Financiero.