Nicolás Défossé

In a journey from the mountains of southeastern Mexico to the northern border with the United States, Subcommander Marcos and the people of Mexico trace the forgotten face of a country. A celebration of the struggle for land and dignity.

Chiapas, southeastern Mexico. When the inhabitants of several villages and towns expel the mayor and the police from their territory, they face the challenge of self-government.

Mothers and daughters flee their country of origin and travel through Mexico carrying their fears, dreams and a hopeful future.

Elena, a Tsotsil Mayan woman from San Andrés Larráinzar, Chiapas, is appointed Municipal Trustee by a purely male community assembly.

Analyzes the events in San Salvador Atenco (Mexico) during the first days of May 2006, and denounces human rights violations of civilians by police forces in Mexico State and Federal. The documentary also disassembled mode of operation of the mass media, responsible for creating a climate of fear and an information blockade around the events in San Salvador Atenco, in the context of a particularly delicate: the process of Mexico presidential succession in 2006.

A young Tsotsil woman, about to give birth for the first time, draws on the memories of the women who preceded her to navigate this unique moment, encountering the experience of motherhood in her world.

In a journey from the mountains of southeastern Mexico to the northern border with the United States, Subcommander Marcos and the people of Mexico trace the forgotten face of a country. A celebration of the struggle for land and dignity.

In a journey from the mountains of southeastern Mexico to the northern border with the United States, Subcommander Marcos and the people of Mexico trace the forgotten face of a country. A celebration of the struggle for land and dignity.

Chiapas, southeastern Mexico. When the inhabitants of several villages and towns expel the mayor and the police from their territory, they face the challenge of self-government.

Mothers and daughters flee their country of origin and travel through Mexico carrying their fears, dreams and a hopeful future.

Elena, a Tsotsil Mayan woman from San Andrés Larráinzar, Chiapas, is appointed Municipal Trustee by a purely male community assembly.

Analyzes the events in San Salvador Atenco (Mexico) during the first days of May 2006, and denounces human rights violations of civilians by police forces in Mexico State and Federal. The documentary also disassembled mode of operation of the mass media, responsible for creating a climate of fear and an information blockade around the events in San Salvador Atenco, in the context of a particularly delicate: the process of Mexico presidential succession in 2006.

A young Tsotsil woman, about to give birth for the first time, draws on the memories of the women who preceded her to navigate this unique moment, encountering the experience of motherhood in her world.