The Capsize

2020 | Color | 68:00

Five oil tankers went aground in the coasts of the Gulf of Mexico. Thousands of oil workers lost their jobs, their payments and their rights. The platforms threaten to destroy the densest mangrove zone in the country but a couple of siblings defend the rivers. The effects of capitalism are manifested on an island of the Gulf of Mexico

Country: México
Direction: Cruz Villalba; Pablo
Script: Cruz Villalba; Pablo
Production: Martínez de la Viña; Andrés
Photography: Torres Andría; Karime, Mercado Bellato; Javier, Cruz Villalba ; Pablo
Sound: Mercado; Javier, Martínez; Andrés
Music: Hernández ; José
Participation year at FICM: 2021

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