On Monday, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures screened 'Mi Vida Loca.' It was a rare opportunity to watch the 1993 cult classic about gang live in Echo Park.
On Monday night, at the recommendation of my colleague Mark Olsen’s weekly Indie Focus newsletter , I headed to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures for a 35mm screening of “Mi Vida Loca.” Directed by Allison Anders, the film follows Mousie and Sad Girl , members of the Echo Park Locas gang whose longtime friendship is put to the test after both become pregnant by the same man.
” Past series celebrating Latin America cinema include 2022’s “Mexico Maleficarum: Resurrecting 20th Century Mexican Horror Cinema” and “Damas de la Pantalla: The Women of Mexico's Época de Oro,” which screened this summer. Assembling this most recent series was no easy task. Navarro says she spent a lot of time tracking down copies of the films — “Mi Amigo Ángel” and “Freda” have never been exhibited in the U.S.
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