Hartley; Jill

She studied visual arts at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), and fine arts and ethnographic film at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States. She participated in the 2nd Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) with her documentary short film 50 años de Cha-cha-chá (2003), about the history of the musical genre the film is named after, through the Orquesta América and narrated by its founder, Ninón Mondéjar, in Havana, Cuba. This work received the award for Best Documentary at the 7th Los Angeles International Shorts Film Festival, LA Shorts Fest, California, and was also presented at more than 10 film screenings and festivals around the world, including the 25th International Festival of New Latin American Film, Havana, Cuba; the 1st Chicago International Documentary Film Festival (CIDF), Illinois; and the 2nd DocumentaMadrid International Madrid Documentary Film Festival, Spain. As a photographer she has worked on several projects and important magazines in Paris and New York. Her publications include the books Poland (1995) and Lotería Fotográfica Mexicana (1995), a tribute to the variety of picture cards of the popular Mexican game.

Other Movies

Mexico will no longer exist!

¡Aoquic iez in Mexico! ¡Ya México no existirá más!

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.”

Ziuta travesías

Ziuta, a Polish Jewish survivor of World War II, was an extraordinary woman who sparked special devotion for her political commitment and her support for clandestine struggle. As a teenager, Ziuta weathered exile with fortitude and determination, saving her mother and other relatives from perishing in their flight. Despite the horrors and scarcity she endured, she upheld a grateful outlook on life.

Zinzindurrunkarratz

Oskar Alegría embarks on a journey to recover the past. With a Super-8 camera that once belonged to his father and has remained untouched for 41 years, he plans to retrace the path of the shepherd: the journey of transhumance that his grandfather undertook in his youth, following now-forgotten coordinates. The result is a film that delights in the search —as well as the many detours along the way.