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The Regional Cooperative Center for Adult Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (CREFAL) is an autonomous, international association founded by UNESCO in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán in 1951. Its mission is to train teachers in rural areas and to produce didactic materials ?namely audiovisual aids? to supplement basic education. Since its foundation, CREFAL began what can be considered the first production of documentary film in Pátzcuaro and the surrounding lake region, a process that is unique not only to the State of Michoacán and to the country, but in Latin America, and which set an important precedent in the years between 1951 and 1960. This retrospective seeks to recognize this effort


Country: México

Director Movies

Mexico will no longer exist!

¡Aoquic iez in Mexico! ¡Ya México no existirá más!

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.”

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Ziuta travesías

Ziuta travesías

Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life.

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