B/N | 56:46 Over sixty years ago, and after an exhaustive review of Mexico’s ethnic dances (which she personally adapted in sometimes controversial ways), Amalia Hernández founded the Ballet Folkórico de México [Folkloric Ballet of Mexico]. Through interviews with relatives, friends, colleagues, dancers, researchers, writers, and specialists, this documentary brings us into contact with the life and work of this remarkable Mexican dancer and choreographer, named first-prize winner at the Festival of Nations by the French government (1961) and winner of the Premio Nacional de Artes [National Arts Prize, 1992], among many other awards. Direction: Kuri Aiza; Jaime Script: Kuri Aiza; Jaime Music: González de León Heiblum; Emiliano Participation year at FICM: 2017
B/N | 56:46 Over sixty years ago, and after an exhaustive review of Mexico’s ethnic dances (which she personally adapted in sometimes controversial ways), Amalia Hernández founded the Ballet Folkórico de México [Folkloric Ballet of Mexico]. Through interviews with relatives, friends, colleagues, dancers, researchers, writers, and specialists, this documentary brings us into contact with the life and work of this remarkable Mexican dancer and choreographer, named first-prize winner at the Festival of Nations by the French government (1961) and winner of the Premio Nacional de Artes [National Arts Prize, 1992], among many other awards. Direction: Kuri Aiza; Jaime Script: Kuri Aiza; Jaime Music: González de León Heiblum; Emiliano Participation year at FICM: 2017
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The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26 Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
The Curaçao International Film Festival opens a call for entries for the second edition of Impact, in collaboration with FICM 11 · 05 · 26
