Roma is a movie that takes place in Mexico in the 1970s. It’s about a live in domestic worker who’s job it is to take care of a middle class family in the city. This movie recreates Mexico at the time very realistically; the way the buildings are, the city, the cars. Roma did a great job at depicting 20th century Mexico and their political and social environment.

One of the great things about this movie is the fact that it has actors from the country represented. Yalitza Aparicio Martínez who is the main actress was very refreshing to see on such a successful movie. A lot of the time in Hispanic movies and television, people with traditionally Central American features aren’t depicted on the screen. My husband is from Guatemala and even growing up, it was so rare for him to see people that look like him on the screen. The representation is well overdue and exciting to see.