Another factor was that many Mexican film making facilities were taken over by Hollywood production companies in the 1980s , crowding out local production . The quality of films was so diminished that for some of these years , Mexico 's Ariel film award was suspended for lack of qualifying candidates . Popular filmmaking decreased but the art sector grew , sometimes producing works outside the view of censors such as Jorge Fons ’ 1989 film '' Rojo Amanecer '' on the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre . The movie was banned by the government but received support in Mexico and abroad . The film was shown although not widely . It was the beginning of more editorial freedom for filmmakers in Mexico
1968 Tlatelolco massacre
Tlatelolco massacre
Mexican art