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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Canuto’s Transformation
Directed by Ariel Kuaray Ortega, Ernesto de Carvalho • Documentary • 2023 • 130 minutes
In a Mbyá-Guarani community straddling the Brazil-Argentina border, the legend of Canuto—a man believed to have transformed into a jaguar before his tragic death—remains vivid. Filmmakers Ariel Kuaray Ortega ...
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Songs of Slow Burning Earth
Directed by Olha Zhurba • Documentary • 2024 • 95 minutes
Songs of Slow Burning Earth follows the lives of Ukrainians during the first two years of Russia’s full-scale invasion. The film captures the everyday resilience and deep personal losses of a country living through war. Through intimate s...
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Fang
Directed by Susan Vogel • Documentary • 2001 • 8 minutes
FANG mixes documentary and fiction techniques to recount an African art object's journey through a century of peril and adventure, and uses the film styles of each historical period to tell its story - a whole century of Western attitudes ...
