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Conflictos sociales

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Mitote

Sorry, this entry is only available in Spanish For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. SINOPSIS Reúne una serie de celebraciones, invocaciones y protestas que revelan el rostro de un país eufórico y enfurecido. Chamanes, electricistas en […]

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Plaza de la Soledad

Sorry, this entry is only available in Spanish For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. SINOPSIS Después de veinte años de retratar a prostitutas de la Plaza de la Soledad en La Merced, barrio del centro histórico […]

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El charro de Toluquilla

Sorry, this entry is only available in Spanish For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. SINOPSIS El charro de Toluquilla vive entre mujeres y cantinas, estilo de vida que admira por los personajes de la época de […]

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Somos lengua

Sorry, this entry is only available in Spanish For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. SINOPSIS Desde Coahuila hasta el Estado de México, pasando por Nuevo León, Aguascalientes, Jalisco y varios estados más, una escena de hip-hop […]

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El Remolino

Sorry, this entry is only available in Spanish For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. SINOPSIS Esther y su hermano Pedro, un campesino que defiende su identidad de género, viven en El Remolino, un pueblo a orillas […]

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El cuarto de los huesos

Sorry, this entry is only available in Spanish For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. SINOPSIS Desde el Instituto de Medicina Legal, El cuarto de los huesos acompaña a varias madres salvadoreñas en la búsqueda de sus hijos desaparecidos a causa […]

Culturas y pueblos ancestrales

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Sunú

Sorry, this entry is only available in Spanish For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. SINOPSIS Ante la amenaza que representa para México el cultivo de maíz transgénico, estos campesinos luchan por preservar las tradiciones de sus […]

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Armed to The Teeth

SYNOPSIS In 2010, the Mexican government announced the death of two alleged criminals, armed to the teeth. They turned out to be two honor students from the Tec de Monterrey University, who were tortured and arrested by the military. BIOGRAPHY Alberto Arnaut studied Social Communication at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, where he specialized in […]

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A Condemning Acquittal: The Marisela Escobedo Case

SYNOPSIS Marisela Escobedo struggles to put Sergio Barraza, her daughter Ruby’s murderer, behind bars. Despite navigating the deficiencies of the recently established Penal Justice System, the culprit goes free due to the incompetence of the authorities, who are unable to present a case. BIOGRAPHY Jorge Carreón studied Communication at the Tec de Monterrey, and […]

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Omar & Gloria

SYNOPSIS Omar and Gloria dance danzón. Gloria is eighty, and has enjoyed this for the past 15 years with her dance partner, Omar, her son. They film one another in an amateur fashion, sharing the way they relate to the dancehall lifestyle. BIOGRAPHY Jimmy Cohen graduated with honors from CENTRO University. His feature debut, […]

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The Lights of Criminal Justice

SYNOPSIS The Criminal Justice System in Mexico doesn’t live up to citizens’ expectations. Nevertheless, there are examples of how, when there is a will and a commitment to the real prosecution of justice, a light shines on this otherwise darkened space. BIOGRAPHY Berenisse Vázquez graduated from the Sociedad General de Escritores de México (SOGEM). […]

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We Are Always Walking

[:es]Alberta, Julia y Catalina son tres mujeres chatinas que han tenido que dejar sus pueblos originarios para trabajar en la costa de Oaxaca, tras largas travesías para llegar, padecen discriminación.[:]

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The Inheritors

SYNOPSIS This film explores the daily lives of Mexican children who, from a very young age, must work in the fields with their families. A portrait of the everyday struggle to survive in a reality that repeats itself one generation after the other. BIOGRAPHY Eugenio Polgovsky devoted his film career to the inhabitants of […]

Conflictos sociales

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The Mermaid’s Kingdom

SYNOPSIS The limit between land and sea is magical, just like mermaids who, the story goes, are fish below their waistlines. There are so many other legends about these creatures. For example, it is said they are the owners of the water, and that they offer great feasts to the men they make fall in […]

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Goris

SYNOPSIS During 12 years, Rosa Julia, a woman from the mountains of Guerrero, was unjustly imprisoned for drug trafficking. In prison, she learnt how to read and write, and also discovered theatre. Now she works helping prisoners discover art. BIOGRAPHY Jorge Curioca is a writer and director, the founder of the Río Lejos company. […]

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Fariseos

SYNOPSIS Ramiro, a young rarámuri, is arrested by the police in Ciudad Juárez. His body is discovered a few hours later. The struggle between good and evil, enacted by the rarámuris every Easter, is also embodied by Ramiro’s widow and her pursuit of justice. BIOGRAPHY Ángel Estrada Soto is a documentary filmmaker. His works […]