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M20 Matamoros

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Growing Up • 1h 26m

Directed by Leonor Maldonado • Documentary • 2023 • 87 minutes

M20 Matamoros captures incredible choreography, dancing from the Matachines, and a remarkable street dance performed by a group of young people from Matamoros, Mexico. This documentary also collects the testimonies of a youth that moves between fear, rage, euphoria, and the secrecy of experiencing the violent life of the border.

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anthropology, applied anthropology, border studies, choreography, dance, doc, documentary, epf media, ethnography, expository, latin american history, m20 matamoros, masculine stereotypes, masculinity, matachines, matamoros mexico, men's studies, mexican folk dance, mexico, multicultural studies, ovid, performance, performing arts, ritual dance, social issues, sociss, street dance, us-mexico border, us/mexican border, youth culture, youth identity, youth issues

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