Event photos by Trixie Textor (Los Angeles) and Marcie Revens (New York) - Print courtesy of Netflix.
A year in the life of a middle-class family and their live-in housekeeper is chronicled in Director Alfonso Cuar贸n鈥檚 new semi-biographical drama, Roma.
Set in the early 1970s, Cuar贸n鈥檚 film recalls his own upbringing in the middle-class neighborhood of Roma in Mexico City, and serves as a love letter to the women who raised him during a time of of domestic strife and social hierarchy amidst political turmoil of the period. In addition to directing and writing, Cuar贸n also co-produced, co-edited and photographed the film.
Following the DGA membership screening in Los Angeles on November 4, Alfonso Cuar贸n sat down with Director Alejandro Gonz谩lez I帽谩rritu (The Revenant), to discuss the making of Roma. He also spoke about the film in a conversation moderated by Director Kathryn Bigelow (Detroit) after the DGA membership screening in New York on November 11.
In addition to Roma, Alfonso Cuar贸n鈥檚 credits include the feature films Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Y Tu Mam谩 Tambi茅n, Great Expectations, A Little Princess; and the pilot for the series Believe. He won the both the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures and the Oscar for Best Director for his 2013 feature Gravity. Alfonso Cuar贸n has been a DGA member since 1993.
You can listen to Cuar贸n's Q&A by clicking the podcast episode embedded below. You can find more DGA podcast episodes here.
