Mis Catrinas Mestizas

Picturesque Patzcuaro

Lake Patzcuaro, located 230 miles west of Mexico City, is one of the highest and most picturesque bodies of water in Mexico. The heritage of the indig

1942

Mexican Police on Parade

This Traveltalk series short showcases the Mexico City police department's various units as they participate in a yearly festival. Included are a marc

1943

Exotic Mexico

This Traveltalk short visits southern Mexico.

1942

Land of Orizaba

This Traveltalk series short chronicles the sights and sounds on a train ride from Veracruz to Mexico City.

1943

Merida and Campeche

This Traveltalk series short visits two of the most important cities on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.

1945

Migrant Mother

Migranta tells the stories of Vicky, Betty and Lety, (three mothers who have come to Canada from Mexico as part of the federal government’s Seasonal A

2021

My Life Inside

Rosa is a Mexican woman who, at the age of 17, migrated illegally to Austin, Texas. Some years later, she was jailed under suspicion of murder and the

2007

ALTAR: Cruzando Fronteras, Building Bridges

Examines the life, work, and cultural significance of Gloria Anzaldúa, poet and visual artist, and those she inspired in women's Chicano art. The work

2009

Takeda

Takeda is a film about the universality of the human being seen thru the eyes of a Japanese painter that has adopted the Mexican culture.

2017

Thunder Over Mexico

As was common in Diaz's Mexico, a young hacienda worker finds his betrothed imprisoned and his life threatened by his master for confronting a haciend

1933

Ammunition Smuggling on the Mexican Border: Incidents of the Mexican Revolution

Around the film hang fascinating questions about border politics, which I’ll touch on in an introduction before the screening. One of Eugene Buck’s m

1914

Muerte es Vida (Death is Life)

Monarch butterflies have brought hope to the darkest times of people's lives. In Mexico, when they arrive for Day of the Dead, they are thought to be

2016

Corazón Oaxaqueño

2000

Centinelas del Silencio

Sentinels of Silence is a 1971 short documentary film on ancient Mexican civilizations. The film was directed and written by Mexican filmmaker Robert

1971

Borderland Blues

„The Frontier“ or „La Frontera“ is the undulating landscape of the Sonora Desert in Arizona, which once was a symbol of freedom on the horizon of the

2017

Gol Gana

2019

The Silence of the Princess

Diana Mariscal reached a moment of fame in the sixties, when at just 18 years of age she was the lead actress of the movie Fando and Lis by Alejandro

2014

Realm of Darkness - The Elusive Depths of Mexico

1982

The Desert Wagon

A couple of artists travels through the Mexico desert to present their puppet show.

2024

Mexican Men

Who’s up for a sensual, seductive trip with some of the hottest Latin men that have ever graced the Silver Screen? ‘Mexican Men’ collects five of the

2016