¡ D O C UM A N I A ! SHOWCA SE The documentary tradition is an art form that has never been as essential as it is today, particularly when it comes to defining Latino identity. As people in power and the mainstream media continue to misconstrue and misunderstand what it means to be Latino, it falls on artists, in this case filmmakers, to capture and then disseminate the non-fiction experiences of Latinos. In doing so, the definition of what it means to be Latino becomes broader but at the same time, more accurate, leaving less room for false conjectures about what it means to be Latino.
LA LIBERTAD DEL DIABLO Dir. Everardo González (Mexico, 74 min., 2017, Spanish w/ English subtitles, Documentary)
3/18 S9 8:45 • 3/24 S2 8:35 In the past five years the battle against drug crimes in Mexico has claimed the lives of an estimated 100,000 individuals -- or 400,000 victims, if you include the children, wives, husbands, parents, and friends of the deceased. This documentary is filled with testimonies of those affected by the drug war-and even those who took part in it. The faces of the interviewees are hidden to preserve their anonymity but their pain, emotions, and fears are magnified to an unprecedented degree.
EL COLOR DEL CAMALEÓN Dir. Andrés Lübbert (Belgium / Chile, 88 min., 2017, Spanish, Dutch, German w/ English subtitles, Documentary)
EL MAÍZ EN TIEMPOS DE GUERRA
3/19 S2 4:45 During the Pinochet-dictatorship, Jorge Lübbert becomes an instrument for the Chilean secret services, who force him to work for them in an extreme violent way. He is able to escape from Chile and become a war cameraman based in Belgium. Today, his son Andrés takes him back to confront an unfinished past.
3/19 DGC 4:00 • 3/21 S9 8:55 An indigenous Wixárika (Huichol) family in northern Jalisco, an Ayuuk (Mixe) family in Oaxaca, and two Tzeltal families in the jungles of Chiapas discuss their cornfields, their roads, and their homes. They reflect on the importance of their crops, as well as the dangers facing this crop and the need to preserve the land used by countless indigenous Mexican communities and farmers to grow their cornfields.
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Dir. Alberto Cortés Calderón (Mexico, 90 min, 2017, Spanish w/ English subtitles, Documentary)