As part of the Tate Livepool’s exhibit “Art Turning Left”, in January I gave a talk about the film set in the Zapatista territory, Corazón del tiempo/Heart of Time (Alberto Cortés, 2008): http://news.liv.ac.uk/2014/01/15/world-cinema-film-screenings-with-tate-liverpool/ This is a film I have discussed in my recent book Revolution and Rebellion in Mexican Cinema. As often happens when you turn your attention to…
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The New Mexican Student Movement in Context
As I write controversy over the recent Mexican elections (2012) are rumbling on. Amid allegations of fraud, the PRI has been declared winners and are returning to power. The reasons for this are complicated, support for them varies across the country and the win was far from resounding.[i] It was a bitterly fought election and…