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Free music film series continues in Tepito through November 14
Cinema Tepito is holding four free music film screenings at Foro Martes de Arte in Tepito, Mexico City, through November 14.
The Saturday series, called “Pa’ raspar la chancla Vol.
2,” brings together films, short works, music archives and conversations with guests.
The screenings explore Mexican rock, high energy, synthpop and electronic music and the communities built around them.
The series opened on October 10 with the 1991 film “Ciudad de ciegos,” whose director, Alberto Cortés, spoke with the audience afterward.
On October 24, the program turns to high energy, with the documentary “Discolocos” and a short film about Polymarchs.
Later screenings feature a Santa Sabina concert and a Depeche Mode documentary filmed around the band’s performances in Mexico City.
The series ends November 14, and the screenings are free, with access from 19:00 and films starting at 19:30.
Cinema Tepito is presenting four free screenings in Tepito as part of “Pa’ raspar la chancla Vol. 2.”
The series runs through November 14 and focuses on music scenes including Mexican rock, high energy, synthpop and electronic music.
Screenings take place on Saturdays at Foro Martes de Arte, with access from 19:00 and films starting at 19:30.
The program includes films, documentaries, short films, music archive material and conversations with guests.
The initiative is supported by FOCINE and the Mexican Institute of Cinematography.
- Who
- Cinema Tepito is presenting the series, with filmmakers and guests taking part in some screenings.
- What
- A series of four free screenings called “Pa’ raspar la chancla Vol. 2.
- When
- Saturdays through November 14. Access opens at 19:00 and screenings start at 19:30.
- Where
- Foro Martes de Arte in Tepito, Mexico City.
- Why
- The series aims to bring together audiences and communities connected to music scenes and explore their links to cinema, identity and collective memory.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The series began with Alberto Cortés’s 1991 film Ciudad de ciegos, followed by a conversation with the director.
The program is scheduled to feature Discolocos, the short Polymarchs: La Máxima Autoridad Disco and Levantamuertos.
The schedule lists a screening of Paco Guerrero’s Exorcismo en Los Pinos, featuring a recording of a Santa Sabina concert.
The series is scheduled to close with a documentary about Depeche Mode filmed at the band’s performances in Mexico City.
- Screening series
- Pa’ raspar la chancla Vol. 2
- Venue
- Foro Martes de Arte, Tepito
- Schedule
- Saturdays through November 14; doors at 19:00, screenings at 19:30
- Admission
- Free
- Opening film
- Ciudad de ciegos, directed by Alberto Cortés and released in 1991
- Support
- FOCINE and the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (Imcine)
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🎸🎬 ¡SÚBANLE AL VOLUMEN, BANDITA! ❤️🔥 Regresa Pa’ raspar la chancla Vol. 2: cine, rock mexicano, high energy y música pa’ hacer comunidad. 📍 Foro Martes de Arte, Tepito 🗓️ 10 y 24 OCT | 7 y 14 NOV 🕖 19:00 h 🎟️ ¡ENTRADA LIBRE! 🔥 ¡Déjense venir! #PelisPaLaBanda @imcine