2019 | Color | 18:15 With an emphasis on local sounds, starring advertisements blared from shops and trucks, this documentary is a sensory ethnography of communication in a region founded by refugees from the eruption of the Chichonal volcano. An exploration of indigenous cultural richness and a condemnation of the pressures they face in trying to maintain their lands and their rights. Country: México Direction: Fairbanks; Charles, Kak; Saul Script: Fairbanks; Charles, Kak; Saul Production: Fairbanks; Charles, Kak; Saul Photography: Fairbanks; Charles Sound: Kak; Saul Music: Paris; Hugo Lavender Cast:Fairbanks; Charles, Kak; Saúl Art direction: Kak; Saúl Participation year at FICM: 2020
2019 | Color | 18:15 With an emphasis on local sounds, starring advertisements blared from shops and trucks, this documentary is a sensory ethnography of communication in a region founded by refugees from the eruption of the Chichonal volcano. An exploration of indigenous cultural richness and a condemnation of the pressures they face in trying to maintain their lands and their rights. Country: México Direction: Fairbanks; Charles, Kak; Saul Script: Fairbanks; Charles, Kak; Saul Production: Fairbanks; Charles, Kak; Saul Photography: Fairbanks; Charles Sound: Kak; Saul Music: Paris; Hugo Lavender Cast:Fairbanks; Charles, Kak; Saúl Art direction: Kak; Saúl Participation year at FICM: 2020
The Modern Jungle The Modern Jungle is a portrait of globalization filtered through the fever dream of a Zoque shaman, don Juan, who falls under the spell of a pyramid-scheme-marketed nutritional supplement. Nearby, Carmen lives peacefully off the land her martyred husband paid for with his life. The Modern Jungle documents their encounters with modernity – including capitalism, commodity fetish, and cinema itself. See More
The 64th Semaine de la Critique of Cannes Film FestivalWill Be Present at the 23rd FICM 08 · 21 · 25 FICM Announces the Official Selection of its 23rd edition! 08 · 15 · 25 1968 and the new narratives in feature films 07 · 31 · 25 Michael Mann and the birth of Hannibal Lecter 07 · 24 · 25
