“Turn up the heat, even if you burn the place down!”

Presented in partnership with Caroline Cassin (Women & Cocaine), join us for the London premiere of the new 4K restoration of Victims of Sin (1951), a one of a kind musical melodrama set in the seedy underworld of 1950s Mexico City.

Ninón Sevilla stars as the indomitable rumbera Violeta, a nightclub dancer who holds the audience of the Changoo cabaret in the palm of her hand. When her fellow dancer Rosa (Margarita Ceballos) is forced to abandon her newborn baby by his ruthless father, Violeta rescues him from the trash can where he’s been discarded, and decides to raise him as her own. If Violeta is going to protect herself and her adopted son, she will have to dance for her life.

Directed by Emilio Fernández and shot by Gabriel Figueroa – two of the greatest figures of Mexican cinema’s golden age – and featuring music from king of mambo Pérez Prado, Victims of Sin is “a ferociously entertaining female-powered noir pulsing with the intoxicating rhythms of some of Latin America’s most legendary musical stars” (Criterion).

About The VITO Project Queer Film Club: The popular series has been running at The Cinema Museum since 2015, promoting a safe space to promote dialogue between different generations of LGBTQ+ people, allies, and film lovers. It takes its name after Vito Russo (1945-1990), New York-native and gay rights activist, film historian and author best known for his book The Celluloid Closet, a ground-breaking chronicle of the LGBTQ+ experience in film. Russo famously screened movies in a space for them to be discussed and debated, and the Project continues to honour his tradition at the historic Cinema Museum London.

Refreshments will be available in our licensed cafe/bar.

TICKETS & PRICING

Tickets £8.

Advance tickets may be purchased from Ticketlab, or direct from the Museum by calling 020 7840 2200 in office hours.