This version of Green Lantern has absolutely no relation to the old one. In 1959, Harold "Hal" Jordan was being introduced as the new Green Lantern in Showcase #22, created by Julius Schwartz. But after WWII, the general interest in Superheroes declined and not long after the character resurfaced, he was renamed the "Sentinel", to distinguish him from the more popular modern day Green Lantern. The superhero went on to form the Justice Society of America with several other heroes of that time. The limitations of the ring were that it had to be "charged" every 24 hours by touching it to the lantern for a time, and that it could not directly affect objects made of wood. From this, he crafted a magic ring which gave him a wide variety of powers.
He is a railroad engineer from New York who, after a railway crash, came into possession of a magic lantern which spoke to him and said it would bring power. And I can say that people think that, also, Mexicans look a certain way.The original Green Lantern in 1940 is called Alan Scott. She added, “People tend to think that Jews look a certain way. The film festival is to celebrate Mexican Jews and their work.” “We’re not only El Chapo and all these you know, drug dealers, and the things you see Hollywood a lot. “We are not one genre,” Koenigsberger Gutierrez said.
Koenigsberger Gutierrez hopes the films enable viewers to see beyond popular US conceptions of Mexico on screen, which she says focus too much on violence fueled by drug cartels. The American Sephardi Federation and the Syrian Jewish group Kanisse have also partnered with the festival. Jorge Islas Lopez, the Mexican consul general in New York, will give an address and is inviting Mexicans in New York to attend. (YouTube screenshot/ used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)īeyond her own synagogue community, which has fewer than 100 active memberships, Koenigsberger Gutierrez is expecting a diverse turnout for the festival. Vendors will sell Mexican folk art and kosher Mexican cookies.ĭeborah Koenigsberger Gutierrez in a 2022 interview. The film screenings will conclude on April 4, and the festival will host a final day of events on April 5, the eve of Passover, including a “bread party” where attendees can munch on leavened products traditionally prohibited on the holiday.
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In addition to movie screenings, the festival will feature Q&As with two of the directors: Guita Schyfter, who directed “Like a Bride,” a coming-of-age story about two young women in 1960s Mexico City and Isaac Ezban, who directed two horror movies, “Evil Eye” and “The Similars.” It will also feature a performance from the Nashir! chorus, pop-up artisan shops in the social hall, coffee from Mexico’s Chiapas region and cocktails and kosher Mexican food from the restaurant Carlos & Gabby’s. Guillermo del Toro, right, with Tom Cruise at the 95th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon on February 13, 2023, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. “And everybody loves going to the movies.” “I basically said to myself, ‘How can I make a big event that brings in people and also celebrates Mexican Jews?’” Koenigsberger Gutierrez said. She landed on a program that would draw an audience and pay tribute to del Toro’s craft, and began organizing the synagogue’s first-ever Mexican Jewish Film Festival, which will begin on Sunday, April 2. Koenigsberger Gutierrez, who was born in Mexico City, had been on the lookout for creative ways to engage young families at her congregation, something beyond a traditional silent auction and gala dinner. “He said, ‘Every Mexican outside of Mexico is an ambassador of the culture of Mexico.’” “He said something that really hit my heart,” recalled Koenigsberger Gutierrez, the president of Tribeca Synagogue. JTA - When Deborah Koenigsberger Gutierrez attended a small cocktail reception with the celebrated Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro last December, she didn’t expect to leave with an idea for a synagogue fundraiser.īut in a conversation with del Toro and a few other guests at the event, which was in honor of the premiere of his latest feature, “Pinocchio,” the famed filmmaker made a remark that stuck with her.
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