2004 | Color | 25 min African Blood It has been assumed that Mexican identity is the result of the mixture of indigenous and European culture only. However, this assumption leaves one fundamental element out: African roots. This documentary brings us closer to the black heritage of Oaxaca and Guerrero. Country: México Direction: Olivares Ruiz; Roberto Script: Olguín; Santiago, Olivares Ruiz; Roberto Production: Velásquez; José Luis Photography: Olivares Ruiz; Roberto Sound: Hipólito; Severino, Julián; Sergio Music: Pura; Canela, Salomón; Carlos, Añorbe; Jorge Participation year at FICM: 2005
2004 | Color | 25 min African Blood It has been assumed that Mexican identity is the result of the mixture of indigenous and European culture only. However, this assumption leaves one fundamental element out: African roots. This documentary brings us closer to the black heritage of Oaxaca and Guerrero. Country: México Direction: Olivares Ruiz; Roberto Script: Olguín; Santiago, Olivares Ruiz; Roberto Production: Velásquez; José Luis Photography: Olivares Ruiz; Roberto Sound: Hipólito; Severino, Julián; Sergio Music: Pura; Canela, Salomón; Carlos, Añorbe; Jorge Participation year at FICM: 2005
Large Hands Large Hands tells the story of Huemac Olivares, who owes his two trades, as musician and craftsman, to a unique instrument made from the inflorescence of the maguey (quiote). This instrument is also a metaphor for the life of its creator, who undergoes a transformation as a result of an incident. See More
Silvestre Pantaleón This is a story of an elderly man from the Nahuatl-speaking village of San Agustin Oapan, in the Mexican state of Guerrero, and his struggle to obtain the money necessary to organize the "Levantamiento de sombra" ceremony. See More
The Blue Nightmare On November 25, after a violent repression took place in the city of Oaxaca, more than 200 people were unjustly and illegally taken to jail, where many were beaten and raped. In The Blue Nightmare 4 people give an account of what went on that day. 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
