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“There’s this view that we are the hands, not the minds, of the film industry,” said Gilbert Trejo, who founded El Cine with Mariana Da Silva in 2017.

Many of El Cine’s events take place at Heavy Manners Library, an arts space in Echo Park, and the Philosophical Research Society, a multicultural arts nonprofit in Los Feliz.

El Cine hosts a monthly short film screening called “$horty,” which showcases work by Black and brown filmmakers in Los Angeles.

The organization is also prepping for its annual Halloween programming, perhaps El Cine’s most busy time of the year.

It’s important to Trejo and Da Silva to diversify El Cine’s offerings, appealing to casual moviegoers as well as niche film lovers like themselves.