2007 | Color | 33 min This documentary details corporate incursions in traditional communities of Mexico. In Tepoztlán, residents oppose the building of a country club and golf course (meant to replace soccer with the corporate ?sport? of golf). In another story, two ?ecological peasants? describe how Mexican army personnel tortured them because they tried to stop Boise Cascade from cutting down forests in Guerrero. Tijuana residents describe how the US owner of a battery recycling plant allowed dangerous chemicals to seep into their neighborhood. These cinematic essays probe the essence of the new economic disorder in the clash between corporate culture and the Third World Country: México, Estados Unidos Direction: Landau; Saul Script: Landa; Saul Production: Mcalmo; George, Landau; Saul Photography: Angul; Sonia Sound: Landau; Greg Music: Sosa; Omar, Landau; Greg, Herrera; Francisco Participation year at FICM: 2007
2007 | Color | 33 min This documentary details corporate incursions in traditional communities of Mexico. In Tepoztlán, residents oppose the building of a country club and golf course (meant to replace soccer with the corporate ?sport? of golf). In another story, two ?ecological peasants? describe how Mexican army personnel tortured them because they tried to stop Boise Cascade from cutting down forests in Guerrero. Tijuana residents describe how the US owner of a battery recycling plant allowed dangerous chemicals to seep into their neighborhood. These cinematic essays probe the essence of the new economic disorder in the clash between corporate culture and the Third World Country: México, Estados Unidos Direction: Landau; Saul Script: Landa; Saul Production: Mcalmo; George, Landau; Saul Photography: Angul; Sonia Sound: Landau; Greg Music: Sosa; Omar, Landau; Greg, Herrera; Francisco Participation year at FICM: 2007
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Mexico will no longer exist! A frenetic view runs over a convulsed Mexico City, a colossal metropolis sustained by the myth of "mestizaje" and other colonial forms of violence. Past and present weave a flurry of images; fragmented memories of this land. Ancient deities are incarnated, while dreams overlap among intimacy, complicity and the tumult. This is an erratic film that invites us to reimagine the complex relationship we have with the constructed “mexicanidad.” See More
The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24
Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24
