1981 | B/N | 103 min A group of Latinos living in East L.A. in the 1940s is accused of murder; this provokes a series of riots and fuels racist attitudes toward the Latino community, which is viewed with resentment and distrust by the police and white people in the area. The film uses a theatrical aesthetic: the narrator is the mythical character of El Pachuco who uses Chicano language and boogie music to reveal the sensibility of the Latino community in wartime USA. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Valdez; Luis Script: Valdez; Luis Production: Burrell; Peter, Brecher; Kenneth, Davidson; Gordon, Esparza; Phil, P Wingate; William Photography: Myers; David Sound: K Kean; John Music: Valdéz; Daniel Cast:Valdéz; Daniel, Aidman; Charles, Franco; Abel, Martínez; Alma, James Olmos; Edward, Ontiveros; Lupe, X Mccarthy; Francis Participation year at FICM: 2011
1981 | B/N | 103 min A group of Latinos living in East L.A. in the 1940s is accused of murder; this provokes a series of riots and fuels racist attitudes toward the Latino community, which is viewed with resentment and distrust by the police and white people in the area. The film uses a theatrical aesthetic: the narrator is the mythical character of El Pachuco who uses Chicano language and boogie music to reveal the sensibility of the Latino community in wartime USA. Country: Estados Unidos Direction: Valdez; Luis Script: Valdez; Luis Production: Burrell; Peter, Brecher; Kenneth, Davidson; Gordon, Esparza; Phil, P Wingate; William Photography: Myers; David Sound: K Kean; John Music: Valdéz; Daniel Cast:Valdéz; Daniel, Aidman; Charles, Franco; Abel, Martínez; Alma, James Olmos; Edward, Ontiveros; Lupe, X Mccarthy; Francis Participation year at FICM: 2011
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
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