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2002 | Color | 25 min 53 seg

This documentary features the testimonies of peasants and indigenous people who implement civil disobedience in Guerrero, a poor and violent state where drug trafficking, corruption, poverty, and delinquency are the principal problems.


Country: México
Direction: Pérez Rojas; Carlos
Script: Pérez Rojas; Carlos
Production: Halkin; Alex, Vázquez; Paco
Photography: Rojas Ramírez; Hermenegildo
Sound: Pérez Rojas; Víctor, Matías; José Luis
Participation year at FICM: 2003

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