Gainesville residents will soon be able to experience Latin America on the big screen.
To celebrate Latino/Hispanic Heritage Month, the Latina Women's League is presenting the 7th Gainesville Latino Film Festival, which begins this month.
The festival will be held at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art from Thursday to Oct. 15. All six film showings are free and open to the public.
About 80 people attended the event last year, and this year they expect between 50 and 100 guests, said Amelia Bell, marketing and public relations coordinator for the Harn Museum.
There will also be prints by Armando Morales, a Nicaraguan artist, on display beginning in October.
The events kick off with Museum Nights: Destination Latin America on Sept. 8. The first film showing of the festival is "Cinco días sin Nora (Nora's Will)" and begins at 7 p.m. Veronica Langer, an actress from the film, will introduce the movie.
