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In 1994, the Zapatista National Liberation Army, made up of impoverished Mayan Indians from the state of Chiapas, took over five towns and 500 ranches in southern Mexico. The government deployed its troops and at least 145 people died in the ensuing battle. Filmmaker Nettie Wild travelled to the country's jungle canyons to film the elusive and fragile life of this uprising.
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This is the story of three neighbors whose lives are intertwined. Rutilio, the family man who experiences homosexual feelings that shatter his domestic life; Susanita, the spinster who dreams of getting married and falls prey to a thief; and Alma, the virgin who becomes a cocaine addicted prostitute.
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Explores the debate over Mexico's overall outlook, President Peña Nieto's reforms, corruption and human rights abuses, immigration, and the fight against drug cartels and violence.
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"La contracultura en México se desplaza entre varios géneros, cubriendo los grandes movimientos y las manifestaciones contraculturales más importantes que ha tenido nuestro país, tales como los pachucos, los existencialistas, las pandillas juveniles o el rockanroll. En esta obra alucinante, el autor también da cuenta de las expresiones juveniles que han incidido en la música, la literatura, el teatro, el cine, la gráfica, la televisión y las...
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The contrasts of ancient and modern Mexico City; arts and crafts of award-winning coppersmiths, mask carvers, and designers; a popular Mexican folk danced and the poor village where it started; the monolith of Bernal; beginning of the Mission Trail; remains of a concrete garden built by a "mad" Englishman; retirement life of thousands of North Americans in San Miguel and the Lake Chapala area; history, trams, strolling troubadours and a "kissing alley;...
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In the 1970s the Mexican government acted to alleviate rural unemployment by supporting the migration of able-bodied men. Millions crossed into the United States to find work that would help them survive as well as sustain their families in Mexico. They took low-level positions that few Americans wanted and sent money back to communities that depended on their support. But as U.S. authorities pursued more aggressive anti-immigrant measures, migrants...
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