super spicy hot take:
i think everybody deserves to discover and experience art from around the world, no matter where you come from, whether you're from a country with no access or dirt poor living in nyc.
people that can't afford art aren't the reason artists suffer.
Here's Apichatpong, the "filmmaker from poor country" in context, visiting a famous bootleg DVD store in Peru.
You really chose the wrong guy.
Go fuck yourself with this gatekeeping. Ppl not living in NYC/LA or US/Canada in general also deserve to see arthouse movies.