Latin America
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Tijuana’s “El Panda”: Self-Fictions of a Human Smuggler
November 18, 2013 -
Adriana Trujillo’s documentary showcases an actor, producer and human smuggler, Félix Rosales (aka “El Panda”), who traffics immigrants across the Mexico–United States border and depicts his subversive activities in B movies that draw from Hollywood clichés. More -
Trading with the Enemy: Pigeons Break the Cuba Blockade
November 4, 2013 -
Artist Duke Riley attempts to subvert a powerful trade embargo, enforced by advanced military and surveillance technologies, with a time-tested if less sophisticated tool: the Rock Dove. More -
From the Blowout to the Movement: Mexican Political Action in Print
October 2, 2013 -
Military forces crushed a peaceful student movement with the October 2, 1968 massacre of demonstrators in Mexico City’s Tlatelolco district. The students’ legacy lives on through political prints and cultural workshops by the city’s graphic design collective Escuela de Cultura Popular Revolucionaria Mártires del ‘68. More -
Direct Democracy Under Construction: A Conversation with Dario Azzellini
July 15, 2013 -
In this episode of Forms of Life, Creative Time chief curator Nato Thompson joins documentary filmmaker and activist Dario Azzellini in conversation about contemporary social movements and approaches to building direct democracies in Latin America and around the world. More -
Disarm: Transforming Guns into Art, from Mexico to the U.S.
May 20, 2013 -
Pedro Reyes, who has responded to gun violence by converting weapons into musical instruments and shovels to plant trees, makes a passionate case for gun control, explaining how U.S. laws exacerbate the drug wars in Mexico. More