Can flipping through the channels change your life? For Karen, a former prosecutor living in Chicago, her world changed forever when she accidentally fell in love with telenovelas. Now she has quit her job, and she's moving to Mexico City to write the telenovela she's always wanted to watch.
Llamen a un adulto (Sepiaexperimental)
A new reading of the historical period that began with the reign of the Catholic Monarchs (1479-1516) and the discovery of America (1492), as well as an analysis of its undeniable influence on the subsequent evolution of the history of Spain and the world.
This documentary walks the line between fact and fiction, delving into corruption in the Mexican police through the experiences of two officers.
A short city symphony evocation of present day Mexico City five hundred years after the invasion of the Spanish and the fall of the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.
Bettie Spanks, a drag queen from Mexico City, guides us through a story about identity, drag, love, sexuality, and her duality.
An audiovisual portrait about La Merced neighborhood in Mexico City
A walkthrough the San Fernando graveyard in Mexico City from the ethereal gaze of a ghost.
Documentary about the founding of Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl on the outskirts of Mexico City in the sixties.
“Archeology” and “Archive” share the same roots. Both words come from “Arkhé”, the Greek word for “origin”. In the ruins of buildings, lost forever by earthquakes, as in the depth of the archives, we dig. What happened the morning of the big earthquake? The morning of September 19th 1985 is fading away in our memories. These recordings have never been seen. Unedited images of the catastrophe dug out by the archaeological adventure of an archivist that suffered with them. He dug and suffered until he could no longer see.
The story of the recovery of the negatives of thousands of photos taken by three photographers during the Spanish Civil War that were found seventy years later in a suitcase, inside a closet in Mexico City.
At the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, the silent protest of Tommie Smith and John Carlos changed The Games forever, becoming one of the defining images of the 20th century.
In Mexico City's wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a for-profit ambulance, competing with other unlicensed EMTs for patients in need of urgent care. In this cutthroat industry, they struggle to keep their financial needs from compromising the people in their care.
An exploration of modern ruins that seeks to record the traces of time in Mexico City.
Mila and María are two teenagers who get to know each other through video correspondences they send to each other. One day, they arrange to meet in person.
It is a collaborative project that was developed from the documentation collected in extensive travel through four Latin American cities: Mexico City (Mexico), Buenos Aires (Argentina), La Paz (Bolivia) and Lima (Peru). The result is a new journey constructed with sound and animation. This reconstruction was made from the memories of Mexico city , from the interaction with each city and with epistolary communication.
Filmed mostly with drones, this short film shows what happened before, during and after the devastating earthquake that struck Mexico City in September 19, 2017. Through sound recordings of the rescue operations, accounts from survivors and journalistic chronicles, this film reflects the uncertainty and bewilderment caused by the quake.
Two countries, two restaurants, one vision. At Gabriela Cámara's acclaimed Contramar in Mexico City, the welcoming, uniformed waiters are as beloved by diners as the menu featuring fresh, local seafood caught within 24 hours. The entire staff sees themselves as part of an extended family. Meanwhile at Cala in San Francisco, Cámara hires staff from different backgrounds and cultures, including ex-felons and ex-addicts, who view the work as an important opportunity to grow as individuals. A Tale of Two Kitchens explores the ways in which a restaurant can serve as a place of both dignity and community.
Una Obra del Pueblo
Documentary on water usage, money, politics, the transformation of nature, and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part miniseries.