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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Leads Initiative For Mexican Filmmakers To Help Industry Workers
Todd McCarthy A number of leading Mexican producers have banded together to raise financial and medical support for “the most vulnerable” members of the nation’s film and television industry.During a remotely staged audiovisual presentation at which all the participants chimed in from separate locations, the six prominent figures — Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro, Salma Hayek and Alejandro Gonzalez-Inarritu among them — announced the creation of a relief fund created by the film community that will be managed by the Mexican Film and Arts Academy.As is true all over the world, production in Mexico has been at a standstill since mid-March, which has directly affected roughly 30,000 families whose livelihoods depend upon industry