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1968 | B/N | 101:00

This is both a visual and audio restoration of the documentary made by students at the University Center for Film Studies (CUEC) during Mexico’s 1968 student movement. The compiled images amounted to eight hours of footage, which was then edited under the leadership of director Leobardo López Arretche. The result is a crucial testimony of this historic event.


Direction: López Arretche; Leobardo
Script: López Arretche; Leobardo, con textos de Oriana Fallaci y el Consejo Nacional de Huelga
Production: Rovirosa; José
Photography: de La Rosa; Arturo, López Arretche; Leobardo, Sánchez; Roberto, Joskowicz; Alfredo, Bojórquez; Francisco, de la Rosa; Jorge, Chávez; León, Gaytán; Francisco, Kamffer; Raúl, Ponce; Jaime, Villegas; Federico, Ferna, Guillermo Díaz Palafox, Carlos Cuenca, Rovirosa; José, Leobardo López Arretche, Roberto Sánchez, Alfredo Joskowicz, Francisco Bojórquez, Jorge de la Rosa, León Chávez, Francisco Gaytán, Raúl Kamffer, Jaime Ponce, Federico Villegas
Sound: Sánchez Alvarado; Rodolfo
Music: Chávez; Óscar
Cast:Vizcaino; Magda, de Castro; Rolando (voces)
Participation year at FICM: 2018

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