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The Loft Cinema, the University of Arizona's Center for Latin American Studies, and Cinema Tropical are proud to announce the special film series "CineMÁS: Horror," programmed by Orquídea Morales.
The recent success of Latin American horror films have shed a light on the untapped and rich tradition of genre cinema in the region. The special series "CineMÁS: Horror" celebrates Latin American horror cinema, which masterfully weave terrifying genre conventions with local traditions, histories and folklore to become larger national and political allegories.
"Tigers Are Not Afraid" is a haunting horror fairytale set against the backdrop of Mexico's devastating drug wars. The film follows a group of children armed with three magical wishes, running from the ghosts that haunt them and the cartel that orphaned them. Filmmaker Issa López creates a world that recalls the early films of Guillermo del Toro, imbued with her own gritty urban spin on magical realism to conjure a wholly unique experience that audiences will not soon forget.
