IN CELEBRATION OF THE NEW EXHIBITION

“UNDER THE MEXICAN SKY: GABRIEL FIGUEROA – ART AND FILM”

CO-PRESENTED BY THE ACADEMY AND LACMA

HOSTED BY WRITER-DIRECTOR GREGORY NAVA (“EL NORTE,” “SELENA”)

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL, RODRIGO PRIETO, GABRIEL FIGUEROA FLORES AND SILVIA PINAL

Gabriel Figueroa is often referred to as "The Fourth Muralist" of Mexico, and his seminal cinematography contributed to the establishment of a visual culture and national identity in post-revolutionary Mexico.

The Academy's tribute will feature stunning excerpts from many of Figueroa's greatest cinematic achievements, as well as commentary from contemporary admirers such as actor Gael García Bernal and cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, and from Figueroa's son, Gabriel Figueroa Flores.

Clips from such Mexican classics as "María Candelaria," starring Dolores Del Rio, and "Enamorada," with María Félix, "La perla" and "Víctimas del pecado," will be shown alongside Figueroa's work 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 Academy Award nomination.

Figueroa's contribution to the field of cinematography is truly global in scope, and his influence is still widely felt, inspiring DPs around the world to the highest artistic aspirations.