Why LAFC?

Once an operating center, the LAFC will act as a space for learning about Latin American and Caribbean film that will endure beyond the ephemeral nature of screenings and festivals. Our project is not meant to replace these, but rather to create a permanent home for Latin American film in order to further consolidate the project of diversifying film. Without such a permanent home, public attention to such films will continue to be intermittent and limited. We hope to enrich film viewing experiences through intellectual discussion that can develop insights into the historical, social, cultural and artistic contexts surrounding the films that are presented.

The LAFC aims to create not only a center for film, but one for thought. A permanent institution devoted to such films will help stimulate the study, interpretation and discussion of Latin American film and society. We aim to organize lectures, panel discussions, film restoration and preservation projects in conversation with New York-area universities and their Latin American and Caribbean studies programs and film programs. The intersection between academic, cultural, and aesthetic contexts will help advance the goal of better understanding Latin America and the Caribbean through film and will be an accessible intellectual resource for the general public.

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