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Metro Cinema Offers Free Screenings at Zapata Station; Check the Schedule
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Metro Cinema Offers Free Screenings at Zapata Station; Check the Schedule

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • The Mexico City Metro's Zapata station is offering free film screenings throughout August.
  • Screenings occur on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4:00 PM, featuring family-friendly films like "How to Train Your Dragon" and "School of Rock."
  • The initiative, run by Cultura Metro with PROCINE CDMX, has been a popular cultural offering for nine years, attracting over 33,000 viewers.

The Mexico City Metro is transforming a station into a cinema this August, offering free movie screenings for the public. Located in the transfer corridor between Lines 12 and 3 at Zapata station, the "Cine del Metro" features 35 seats and is showing films on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4:00 PM.

August's lineup includes "How to Train Your Dragon" on Thursday, followed by "Sing" on August 20. The series concludes with "Un día 28 de enero" on Tuesday, August 25, a film focusing on the lives of three 11-year-olds in Culiacán, Sinaloa. The popular "School of Rock" will be screened on Thursday, August 27.

This cultural initiative is managed by the Metro's Culture area in collaboration with PROCINE CDMX. For nine years, Cine del Metro has been a consistent draw for film enthusiasts, having hosted 738 screenings and an estimated 33,300 attendees.

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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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