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Rory Peck Awards approach
For those of you out there looking for inspiration in a journalistic world plagued by budget cuts and negativity (unnecessarily, if you ask me), you could do worse then buy yourself a ticket to the Rory Peck Awards next month. I was delighted to see that some (full disclosure) friends of mine – filmmakers Jennifer [...]
How Cafe Tacuba sprained my ankle
This is probably the least exciting location from which I have filed a dispatch. My sofa, in my third-floor apartment, my snowball-like foot propped up on a couple of cushions as I look out onto the cloudy Mexico City panorama this morning. What happened? Well, it’s all Cafe Tacuba’s fault really. I interviewed two of [...]
Preview the Mexican movies hitting Los Angeles in Hola Mexico festival
L.A. audiences would seem to need no introduction to Mexican cinema.
Video: American design duo launches arts and culture mag in Nicaragua
Nicaragua’s culture, arts and music scene is the focus of a new magazine launched by two American designers living in the country’s capital, Managua.
Video: Mexico City restaurant business battered by swine flu
Fonda Garufa, a restaurant in the trendy Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, is feeling the effects of the swine flu outbreak.
Swine flu doesn't deter art fans in Mexico City
I at least expected to see fashionable versions of the blue face masks being combined with the latest clothes labels, but it wasn’t so.
Video: ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ in Iztapalapa, Mexico
It wasn’t hard to imagine what the real crucifixion of Christ might have been like if you were anywhere near the populous, working-class neighborhood of Iztapalapa in Mexico City last Friday.
Video: Jesus as a migrant in pro-immigration street theater
The performance wasn’t part of Mexico’s traditional Semana Santa but had a cross-border purpose.
Eufrosina Cruz: Indigenous women's rights vs. culture in Mexico
Cruz is a 28-year-old indigenous woman from the state of Oaxaca who is an activist for the rights of indigenous women. Cruz rebelled against the restrictions of her own community to become a college-educated accountant.
Guadalajara Film Festival: 'Those Who Remain,' 'Round Trip' scoop prizes at Guadalajara film fest
Those Who Remain,’ ‘Round Trip’ scoop prizes at Guadalajara film fest.
Video: Peter Gabriel asks for political will to end impunity over Ciudad Juarez’s dead women
Peter Gabriel implored President Calderon to show “real political will, muscle and budget” in investigating the hundreds of unsolved murders of young women in Ciudad Juarez.
Video: ‘Those Who Remain’ focuses on families left behind in Mexico by migrants
The homes that Mexican migrants come from are often a jumping-off point for filmmakers, but Rulfo and Hagerman chose to stay at the point of departure to see how those who remain deal with their reduced numbers.
Video: Be an illegal immigrant for a day
In El Alberto, a small village over 1000km from the border between Mexico and the US, tourists can pay to experience what it’s like being an illegal migrant.
Gael Garcia Bernal to be recognized for contributions to film at upcoming Guadalajara festival
Gael Garcia Bernal is to be honored at the upcoming International Film Festival in Guadalajara for his contributions to cinema.
Photojournalism show explains 2008 in Mexico
Mexico City’s Museo de la Ciudad is playing host to a photojournalism exhibition — Expofotoperiodismo — that features nearly 50 photos from 2008.
Video: Legal graffiti hits the walls of Mexico City
In a country with such a rich artistic heritage of mural-ism, graffiti is a popular past-time for many of Mexico´s youth.
El Santo memories on display — but far away
An exhibition honoring lucha libre legend El Santo opened in Mexico City late last month, marking the 25th anniversary of the fighter-turned-film-star’s death.
A Night in the Woods in Mexico City
By day, el Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City’s largest public park, is ruled by the public and tourists. But come late afternoon, the park closes its gates to us commoners. Or at least I thought so.
Mexico's special prosecutor for crimes against journalists ineffective, reports nonprofit
Freedom of expression advocates in Mexico have issued yet another missive in support of the country’s long-suffering journalistic community.
Video: Photographer takes Mexico City’s portrait
A lion cub, a naked girl and a Mexican pop star were just some of the guests at the Yautepec Gallery in Mexico City’s Roma neighborhood on a night in late January. They and a healthy share of Mexico’s young hipsters were there for the opening of New York-based photographer Noah Sheldon’s portrait studio project.
Violence against journalists continues in Latin America
We keep our eye on the frequent press-freedom reports that come out, given the high levels of violence against journalists in Mexico. Tuesday’s release by the Committee to Protect Journalists, sadly, held no surprises.
Mexico's missing children inspire artist
Lieberman spent more than three years working on 100 drawings that are intricate copies of often bad-quality newspaper photographs of missing children, taken from the Mexican newspaper Metro.
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