2023 | Color | 90:00 An exploration of the experiences of the first Black astronauts. Featuring interviews from Ed Dwight, Guion Bluford, Charles Bolden, and Victor Glover, the documentary spotlights these pioneers’ oft-omitted narratives of racial injustice and their present-day realities. This film weaves together archival footage of US space expeditions, Afrofuturist cultural milestones, and stories told by Black astronauts themselves. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Cortés; Lisa, Hurtado de Mendoza; Diego Script: Mark Monroe Production: Carolyn Bernstein, Keero Birla, Alex Bowen, Lisa Cortes, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Leland Melvin, Mark Monroe, Aly Parker Photography: Diego Hurtado de Mendoza Sound: Danny Clayton, Rusty Dunn, Joe Earle, Justin Hennard, Scott Szabo, Robin Warren Music: Jongnic Bontemps, Anna Drubich Participation year at FICM: 2023
2023 | Color | 90:00 An exploration of the experiences of the first Black astronauts. Featuring interviews from Ed Dwight, Guion Bluford, Charles Bolden, and Victor Glover, the documentary spotlights these pioneers’ oft-omitted narratives of racial injustice and their present-day realities. This film weaves together archival footage of US space expeditions, Afrofuturist cultural milestones, and stories told by Black astronauts themselves. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Cortés; Lisa, Hurtado de Mendoza; Diego Script: Mark Monroe Production: Carolyn Bernstein, Keero Birla, Alex Bowen, Lisa Cortes, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Leland Melvin, Mark Monroe, Aly Parker Photography: Diego Hurtado de Mendoza Sound: Danny Clayton, Rusty Dunn, Joe Earle, Justin Hennard, Scott Szabo, Robin Warren Music: Jongnic Bontemps, Anna Drubich Participation year at FICM: 2023
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
