BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Writer-director Gregory
Nava, actor Gael García Bernal, cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto and Gabriel
Figueroa Flores will celebrate the life and career of the renowned Mexican
cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa on Tuesday, September 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly
Hills. The evening will feature an onstage discussion and excerpts from many of
Figueroa’s greatest cinematic achievements. The program serves as a prelude to
the exhibition “Under the Mexican Sky: Gabriel Figueroa – Art and Film,”
co-presented by the Academy and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which will
open at LACMA later this month.
Figueroa (1907–1997) is often referred to
as “The Fourth Muralist” of Mexico, and his seminal work contributed to the
establishment of a visual culture and national identity in post-revolutionary
Mexico. His films include such Mexican classics as “María Candelaria,”
“Enamorada,” “La perla” and “Víctimas del pecado,” which stand alongside works
for such diverse directors as John Ford (“The Fugitive”), Luis Buñuel (“Los
olvidados”), Don Siegel (“Two Mules for Sister Sara”) and John Huston (“The
Night of the Iguana”). Figueroa’s dazzling black-and-white cinematography for
the latter film earned him an Oscar® nomination in 1964.
Tickets for “An Academy Tribute to Gabriel
Figueroa” are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students
with a valid ID. Tickets may be purchased online at www.oscars.org or by mail. The Samuel Goldwyn Theater is
located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Ticketed seating is unreserved. For more information and guest updates, call
(310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org.
The exhibition “Under the Mexican Sky:
Gabriel Figueroa – Art and Film” will open on Sunday, September 22, at LACMA’s
Art of the Americas building. The exhibition examines Figueroa’s prolific
career through film clips, paintings, photographs, prints, drawings, posters and
archival documents. It also includes a range of works by contemporary artists
and filmmakers that reflect on Figueroa’s legacy. For more information, visit
www.lacma.org.
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