Image Borealis, Sarah She received a BA in literature and Latin American studies, a master’s degree in Latin American studies and a Ph.D in Latin American history from Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Her academic research and publications include a photo visual anthology, Mexico: Stencil: Propa (2008), which documents the expression of political art (stencils) by anonymous street artists of Oaxaca and Mexico City, as well as the article “Santa Muerte Profile”, in 2012, of The World Religions & Spirituality Project (WRSP) by the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), United States. Her films have been shown at more than 10 screenings, festivals, museums and academic forums around the world. Her documentary short film, El día primero: Santa Muerte en el barrio de Tepito (2011), co-directed with Neyda Paredes, was shown at the 1st Ethnografilm Festival, Paris, and the Odgen Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2012, among others. Her documentary short film, Jeuh kieh a jm hm kahun / El sendero del caldo de piedra (2013), co-directed with Arturo Juárez Aguilar, is part of the Official Selection of the 12th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). This work won the Best Short Film Screenplay Award at the 4th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival (BSFF), India, and has also participated in the 2nd Mpumalanga Short Film Festival (MSFF), South Africa; in the 26th Toulouse Latin American Film Festival, France; in the 17th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, Austin, Texas; in the 8th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City; and in the DocuLab.4 at the 27th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), among others. Other Movies 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 Related News 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 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Borealis, Sarah She received a BA in literature and Latin American studies, a master’s degree in Latin American studies and a Ph.D in Latin American history from Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Her academic research and publications include a photo visual anthology, Mexico: Stencil: Propa (2008), which documents the expression of political art (stencils) by anonymous street artists of Oaxaca and Mexico City, as well as the article “Santa Muerte Profile”, in 2012, of The World Religions & Spirituality Project (WRSP) by the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), United States. Her films have been shown at more than 10 screenings, festivals, museums and academic forums around the world. Her documentary short film, El día primero: Santa Muerte en el barrio de Tepito (2011), co-directed with Neyda Paredes, was shown at the 1st Ethnografilm Festival, Paris, and the Odgen Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2012, among others. Her documentary short film, Jeuh kieh a jm hm kahun / El sendero del caldo de piedra (2013), co-directed with Arturo Juárez Aguilar, is part of the Official Selection of the 12th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). This work won the Best Short Film Screenplay Award at the 4th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival (BSFF), India, and has also participated in the 2nd Mpumalanga Short Film Festival (MSFF), South Africa; in the 26th Toulouse Latin American Film Festival, France; in the 17th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, Austin, Texas; in the 8th Independent Hispanic American Film and Video Festival, “All Voices Against the Silence,” in Mexico City; and in the DocuLab.4 at the 27th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), among others.
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
