Image Magaña, Jaime He studied linguistics and Maya Culture at the Universidad de Oriente (UNO), Valladolid, Yucatan, and visual arts with the independent Mexican collective Yoochel Kaaj and the project Ambulante Más Allás (AMA) of the Ambulante Documentary Tour, Mexico. A native speaker of Yucatecan Maya, he is a teacher of basic education, promoter of community museums, video filmmaker and musician. He is a founding member of the collectives TV Turix, since 2002, and Tzay Kin, since 2013, as well as the musical group Saatal Paax. He is currently developing radio programs and art with sound in Yucatecan Maya for Internet radio with the collective Tzay Kin. He has participated in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the 1st FICM, he competed with the documentary short film Los remedios (2003). His collective work, Negro del pozo (2004), participated in the 13th Native American Film and Video Festival (NAFVF) of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), New York, of the Smithsonian Institution. He participated with his short fiction film Guardianes del Mayab (2012) in the First Nations Forum of the 10th FICM; in the 6th International Film Festival on Human Rights in Mexico (DHFEST); and in the 4th OC Film Fiesta, California, United States, among others. Other Movies 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 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. See More 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. See More Related News EL CAMINO DE LA VIDA: THE YOUNG AND THE DAMNED by Matilde Landeta 03 · 27 · 25 Juan Rulfo and the silver screen 03 · 20 · 25 ESTRATEGIA MATRIMONIO: the sixties and seventies 03 · 13 · 25 Sergio Leone: DUCK, YOU SUCKER! and Mexican Censorship 03 · 06 · 25 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Magaña, Jaime He studied linguistics and Maya Culture at the Universidad de Oriente (UNO), Valladolid, Yucatan, and visual arts with the independent Mexican collective Yoochel Kaaj and the project Ambulante Más Allás (AMA) of the Ambulante Documentary Tour, Mexico. A native speaker of Yucatecan Maya, he is a teacher of basic education, promoter of community museums, video filmmaker and musician. He is a founding member of the collectives TV Turix, since 2002, and Tzay Kin, since 2013, as well as the musical group Saatal Paax. He is currently developing radio programs and art with sound in Yucatecan Maya for Internet radio with the collective Tzay Kin. He has participated in two editions of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). In the 1st FICM, he competed with the documentary short film Los remedios (2003). His collective work, Negro del pozo (2004), participated in the 13th Native American Film and Video Festival (NAFVF) of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), New York, of the Smithsonian Institution. He participated with his short fiction film Guardianes del Mayab (2012) in the First Nations Forum of the 10th FICM; in the 6th International Film Festival on Human Rights in Mexico (DHFEST); and in the 4th OC Film Fiesta, California, United States, among others.
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
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. See More
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. See More
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