From dusk to dawn, El Velador (The Night Watchman) accompanies Martin, a guard who watches over the extravagant mausoleums of Mexico’s most notorious drug lords. Set in the labyrinth of the cemetery, this film about violence without violence reminds us that even in the midst of a drug war, ordinary existence persists in Mexico, quietly defying the dead. Directed by Natalia Almada.(Mexico/USA, 2011, 72 min)

Co-sponsored by the Department of Film and Media Arts at Temple University and Haverford College’s Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities.

Co-presented by Painted Bride Art Center and the Philadelphia Latino Film Festival (PHLAFF) 

​​Producer's Forums are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, PNC Arts Alive, Philadelphia Cultural Fund, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts,