Máquinas de palabras

Máquinas de palabras

The Exile

The Exile

In Spain during civil war, a seminarian, Teo, is assigned to a small, remote fortress on the top of the mountain. Teo has to share a tiny place...

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Life on Mars

Life on Mars

What do you think is the desire of every human being?

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Lila Downs  - Pecados y Milagros

Lila Downs - Pecados y Milagros

Leave What Scares You

Leave What Scares You

From the communal future, a woman recalls the words of her ancestors, women warriors who gathered to record their words about community service. At...

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Juquilita

Juquilita

2004 Mexican experimental short

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Pulsos Subterráneos

Pulsos Subterráneos

Pulsos Subterráneos is a subjective recording in 16 mm of the experiences of defense and resistance in the territory, culture and life of two...

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Nanacatepec

Nanacatepec

A 16mm film performance draws inspiration from the Nanacatepec, a rock traversed by a network that extends without a defined shape. Its fruits, in...

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Lives for Sale

Lives for Sale

This harrowing film goes beyond the rhetoric to show why immigrants are willing to risk everything – even virtual slavery – for the American Dream....

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The Very Best Of/El Alma de Lila Downs

The Very Best Of/El Alma de Lila Downs

De la Naturaleza del Hueso

De la Naturaleza del Hueso

Mexico 1968.

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Inventario Churubusco

Inventario Churubusco

The historical Estudios Churubusco lab, where golden era Mexican films were processed in the 1950s, is still open, pretty much untouched. This...

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On the nature of the bone

On the nature of the bone

The concept of memory and image are mixed in this piece to reveal the continuity in the justifications that the Mexican Government issues to...

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Children’s Game #13: Piñata

Children’s Game #13: Piñata

A piñata is a papier-mâché figure stuffed with sweets. Common at birthdays in urban patios, here we find it in a field, where a garish Superman...

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Children’s Game #11: Wolf and Lamb

Children’s Game #11: Wolf and Lamb

A group of children hold hands in a circle. The child in the middle plays the lamb, the one outside is the wolf. The wolf tries to catch the lamb...

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Desaparecer

Desaparecer

Desaparecer / Disappear: to stop being in sight or in a place, cease to exist. In Mexico one person disappears every 1 hour and 50 minutes, that...

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Children’s Game #10: Papalote

Children’s Game #10: Papalote

A 10-year-old boy in a pink salwar kameez stands near a dune-coloured wall under a powder-blue sky. He frowns and gesticulates, conversing in stops...

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Tierra

Tierra

In the film Tierra the artist’s hands manipulate the organicity of the raw materials. The colors and textures are closely portrayed in 16mm by...

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Children’s Game #12: Musical Chairs

Children’s Game #12: Musical Chairs

The game is filmed from above in a single take, emphasizing the inexorable process of subtraction. Six children place five chairs in a row, facing...

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