We are pleased to announce that REPORTERO will premiere at the MUSEUM OF MEMORY AND TOLERANCE in Mexico City on Feb. 15th as part of AMBULANTE, an innovative documentary festival that tours 12 Mexican cities in over 140 venues. The film, which was recently mentioned in The New York Times, will also be the focus of a panel held at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico following the premiere.

We are also pleased to announce that REPORTERO will air nationally on PBS this fall through POV, as part of the series' 25th anniversary season.

REPORTERO follows a veteran reporter and his colleagues at ZETA, a Tijuana-based muckraking weekly, as they stubbornly ply their trade in what has become one of the deadliest places in the world to be a journalist. In Mexico, more than 40 journalists have been murdered or have gone missing since December 2006, when President Felipe Calder�n Hinojosa came to power and launched a government offensive against the country's powerful drug cartels and organized crime groups. 

This past Friday, a host of international authors - including seven Nobel laureates - called for an end to attacks on journalists in Mexico. "We call on your government to apprehend and prosecute all who have silenced your colleagues and who seek to silence you," they wrote in a letter to Mexican journalists.

In a momentous election year for both Mexico and the U.S., we hope that REPORTERO can be part of the growing international effort to recognize, support, and protect reporters who work under threat of violence and intimidation.

To stay connected on upcoming screenings and future events, including the film's U.S. premiere, please join us on the film's Facebook page.

We look forward to being in touch.

Bernardo Ruiz

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