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Mar 12, 2009

"No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen." --Minor White

Free Film Screenings in Rural Mexico

"Because the price of a movie ticket is often 20 percent of a family's monthly income, 90 percent of the Mexican population doesn't have access to the movies," 27-year-old Ariel Zylbersztejn says. So he started Cinepop, which projects movies onto inflatable screens and shows them free in public parks. Now reaching upwards of 350,000 people ever year, Mr. Zylbersztejn works with microcredit agencies and social welfare groups to engage the families that come to his movies and help them start businesses or try other strategies to overcome poverty.