2006 | B/N | 25 min Magnavoz is an experimental adaptation on Xavier Icaza´s speculative rant on the future of postrevolutionary Mexico. Bringing together noisy broadcasts from atop the volcanoes, raucous bacchanalia at popular watering holes and a series of apocalyptic, hypernationalistic pronouncements, the meditation is timely and prescient, though it was written more than eighty years ago Country: México, Estados Unidos Direction: Lerner; Jesse Script: Icaza; Xavier Production: Lerner; Jesse Cast:Constantino; José, José Gurrola; Juan, Zenteno; Sergio, Medina; Cuauhtémoc, Cuatlehua; Domingo Participation year at FICM: 2007
2006 | B/N | 25 min Magnavoz is an experimental adaptation on Xavier Icaza´s speculative rant on the future of postrevolutionary Mexico. Bringing together noisy broadcasts from atop the volcanoes, raucous bacchanalia at popular watering holes and a series of apocalyptic, hypernationalistic pronouncements, the meditation is timely and prescient, though it was written more than eighty years ago Country: México, Estados Unidos Direction: Lerner; Jesse Script: Icaza; Xavier Production: Lerner; Jesse Cast:Constantino; José, José Gurrola; Juan, Zenteno; Sergio, Medina; Cuauhtémoc, Cuatlehua; Domingo Participation year at FICM: 2007
The Fragmentations Only Mean... An audiovisual landscape of the Noah Purifoy Outdoor Museum, located in the High Desert of California. In 1986, Noah Purifoy (1917-2004) retired from his long-term position on the California Arts Council and moved to a remote desert site north of Joshua Tree National Park. There, over the last eighteen years of his life, he created an ambitious series of over one hundred assemblage sculptures, sprawling over the harsh, arid land. See More
The Absent Stone In 1964, a colossal pre-Hispanic monolith was taken from the village of San Miguel Coatlichán to the National Museum of Anthropology and History in Mexico City. This event led to an exploration of the conflicts surrounding heritage and history through the artifacts of the past, and gave rise to an international debate on cultural property and the legitimate custodians of the past. See More
Atomic Sublime Using archival images, this film captures the history of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism, and more generally, the arrival of modern art in the United States in the context of the Cold War. This compilation film about the ideological influence of the movement constitutes a critical view of the intersection of art and poiltics during the McCarthy era. See More
El Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia presentará una función especial en la 63ª Semana de la Crítica de Cannes 04 · 18 · 24 Lorena Velázquez: reina del fantástico y más… 04 · 18 · 24 Marlon Brando and his connection with Mexico one hundred years after his death 04 · 04 · 24 Tarantino in Morelia 2009 03 · 27 · 24
El Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia presentará una función especial en la 63ª Semana de la Crítica de Cannes 04 · 18 · 24
