This piece was originally posted in 2022. We have updated the “Where to Watch” section for each film.
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Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. To celebrate, we got to thinking about some of our favorite Indies from the Hispanic world. These stories are narrative and documentary, drama and comedy, and are both harrowing and heartfelt. A little of everything, and plenty to add to your watchlist.
Prayers For The Stolen (2021)
Writer/Director: Tatiana Huezo
Producers: Nicolás Celis, Jim Stark
Starring: Guillermo Villegas, Mayra Batalla, Eileen Yañez, Alejandra Camacho
Synopsis: In a solitary town nestled in the Mexican mountains, the girls wear boyish haircuts and have hiding places underground. Ana and her two best friends take over the houses of those who have fled,...
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Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. To celebrate, we got to thinking about some of our favorite Indies from the Hispanic world. These stories are narrative and documentary, drama and comedy, and are both harrowing and heartfelt. A little of everything, and plenty to add to your watchlist.
Prayers For The Stolen (2021)
Writer/Director: Tatiana Huezo
Producers: Nicolás Celis, Jim Stark
Starring: Guillermo Villegas, Mayra Batalla, Eileen Yañez, Alejandra Camacho
Synopsis: In a solitary town nestled in the Mexican mountains, the girls wear boyish haircuts and have hiding places underground. Ana and her two best friends take over the houses of those who have fled,...
- 9/24/2024
- by Film Independent
- Film Independent News & More
Exclusive: Paramount+ greenlights the film Toxicomania, an adaptation of the popular Sonoro podcast of the same name. The podcast tells a fictionalized story based on the real-life events following the legalization of drugs in Mexico.
The project is the first from Luis Gerardo Méndez and Gerardo Gatica’s first-look deal with Vis, a division of Paramount, via the pair’s production company, Cine Vaquero.
Toxicomania is set in 1940s Mexico City and follows Dr. Leopoldo Salazar Viniegra (Méndez), a brilliant psychiatrist who led a short-lived revolution to legalize drug use in the country.
After facing humiliation from the international medical community and being challenged with a bet from his students, Viniegra presents his unorthodox idea to the then-president of México, General Lázaro Cárdenas. To everyone’s surprise, the president concedes to legalizing drugs, but not before Viniegra overcomes several challenges, including the morality of the era, armed groups, and political pressures.
The project is the first from Luis Gerardo Méndez and Gerardo Gatica’s first-look deal with Vis, a division of Paramount, via the pair’s production company, Cine Vaquero.
Toxicomania is set in 1940s Mexico City and follows Dr. Leopoldo Salazar Viniegra (Méndez), a brilliant psychiatrist who led a short-lived revolution to legalize drug use in the country.
After facing humiliation from the international medical community and being challenged with a bet from his students, Viniegra presents his unorthodox idea to the then-president of México, General Lázaro Cárdenas. To everyone’s surprise, the president concedes to legalizing drugs, but not before Viniegra overcomes several challenges, including the morality of the era, armed groups, and political pressures.
- 4/20/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
A Cop Movie Trailer — Alonso Ruizpalacios‘ A Cop Movie (2021) movie trailer has been released by Netflix. The A Cop Movie trailer stars Raúl Briones and Mónica Del Carmen. Crew David Gaitán and Alonso Ruizpalacios wrote the screenplay for A Cop Movie. Emiliano Villanueva crafted the cinematography for the film. Yibran Asuad conducted the [...]
Continue reading: A Cop Movie (2021) Movie Trailer: Director Alonso Ruizpalacios Blurs the Reality & Fiction Line in His Award-winning Documentary...
Continue reading: A Cop Movie (2021) Movie Trailer: Director Alonso Ruizpalacios Blurs the Reality & Fiction Line in His Award-winning Documentary...
- 9/13/2021
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
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