The culturally relevant film I watched was “The Vanished Elephant” directed by Javier Fuentes-León. The film was released in 2014 and is a feature narrative. It is from the countries of Peru, Colombia, and Spain. The film was played in Spanish with English subtitles. This is one of the only films that I have watched where the cast is mostly all Latino, not white, unlike other movies that would be considered popular in today’s generation. I found it quite interesting that there is a Cine Latino very close to the University of Minnesota that shows new films from Spanish-speaking filmmakers. To my understanding, this shows me that Latino culture is out there, but it is upsetting how very few people know about it or how it is not greatly supported.
