Department of Romance StudiesSponsor
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)
NCLAFF: Dioses de México (Gods of Mexico)
October 3,
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Dir. by Helmut Dosantos. 2022. 97 min. No dialogue. Free and open to the public.
With visually stunning landscapes and immersive sound, this film is a poetic survey of the vast landscapes and rich diversity of several communities of rural Mexico. Using richly saturated color and hypnotic black-and-white interludes, filmmaker Helmut Dosantos takes viewers through salt pans, deserts, highlands, jungle, and underground mines-paying tribute to those who fight to preserve their cultural identity amidst the shadows of modernization.
With visually stunning landscapes and immersive sound, this film is a poetic survey of the vast landscapes and rich diversity of several communities of rural Mexico. Using richly saturated color and hypnotic black-and-white interludes, filmmaker Helmut Dosantos takes viewers through salt pans, deserts, highlands, jungle, and underground mines-paying tribute to those who fight to preserve their cultural identity amidst the shadows of modernization.
