[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] 7.1 "My job is to sweep the backyard, to adjust reality. I’m like a resident of Purgatory. I torment those who try to claim unjustly, forcing them to prove that the money or property is truly theirs,...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] 7.1 “This documentary tells the story of those brave people who risk their lives for an uncertain dream. Traveling along the freight train routes that cross Mexican territory, they face the most unimaginable hardships: authorities and gangs...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] 7.1 “The work tells the story of the battle for power in Mexico. It is a reflection on the country’s situation through the portrait of the 2006 electoral process. It also explores part of the story of...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] 7.1 “El patio de mi casa,” the documentary about Óscar Hagerman, is one of the most hopeful portrayals of rural Mexico. Directed by his own son, this 2015 film depicts the work of his parents in sharing...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] 7.1 “The extraordinary documentary *Aquí sigo* reveals a truth as simple and as profound as its own title: elderly people who claim their place in the present, not the past to which we tend to relegate them....
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] 7.1 “Not only is Mexico City known as one of the places with the most vehicular traffic, but also cities like Los Angeles and Istanbul. This is how the film Rush Hour portrays it—not just highlighting the...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] 7.1 “A group of European and Latin American doctors have taken on the task of visiting communities in Mozambique and Madagascar to treat women affected by chronic fistula. They also intervene in accidents, complicated pregnancies, and other...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] 7.1 “The three stories presented by Natalia López in her debut film *Manto de gemas* intertwine and reach different outcomes — not through dramatic logic, but through the disorientation of life. And through the discouragement of capturing...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] 7.1 “*A Place Called Music* is a documentary that crosses cultures, languages, and ways of perceiving music. It is a moving exercise that shows how rhythms and sounds create a harmonious breath between men who appear to...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] 7.1 “The censorship experienced by Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui during the presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto (2012–2018) is an example of the situation still faced by Mexican journalists, for whom practicing their profession can lead to death,...