It. To. Mexico a country that forms a bridge between north and south america a land of violence and diversity. Many here long for a better life in the united states. Mexico has been ravaged by Political Revolution and the drug trade. This film focuses on the complexity of life in mexico as captured by some of the countrys leading photographers. Mexicos population is more than 120000000. Despite prevailing violence and corruption the people display a remarkable vitality creativity and resistance. The photographers whose work is featured in this film have documented the diversity of everyday life in mexico. Images bring us closer to understanding the people of this country their joints and their sorrows. Mexicos northern border extends more than 3100 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean to the atlantic. It was defined by the 848 treaty that ended the Mexican American war. Mexico ceded territory including the modern day state of california plus parts of what would become new mexico arizona nevada utah and colorado. My photographs of the Border Office and in many different places. I shoot a lot. Of this landscape is impressive but the border runs right through the hills and the rest of the environment. Its like a scar from a knife walk. And the border doesnt run in a Straight Line it goes one way and then another. The other journalist francisco has been crossing the Us Mexico Border for 2 decades his work now focuses on long term documentary projects. Based over. My travels along the border and taught me a lot most of all i learned that the Northern Region is not the same everywhere. Because the lot of those who were. Francisco portrays the borders 3 photos of landscapes inanimate objects and people. He often uses metaphorical images to make his point. Be uncertain but i guess the wall starts at the beach and ends here thats why i like this place. But its funny right now im illegally in the u. S. And now. Im back in mexico here come the Border Police just on the. Construction of the main border barrier began in 1904 as part of president bill clintons operation gatekeeper strategy the project was aimed at reducing illegal immigration. Between 202016 the length of the wall was extended to around 1100 kilometers. In 2018 the Us Government started upgrading the old barrier near to one of. These new steel panels are about 5 meters high. I. Didnt. Know what i do when you talk to people from mexico or in the way of all of a though they tell you stories from their childhood they crossed the border to buy milk and americans came over to buy tortillas. Some experts call the border area a 3rd nation where people from both sides would interact with each other. Except instead of. The so. I. Think theres a little saying the city of tijuana in particular has always fascinated me because of all that it represents from those who its a destination for a lot of migrants and a major point of transit want to also welcomes people who come there and decide to stay. Also there is going there are 2 or 3 generations have now been born there although their parents came from somewhere else and then these people grew up and who want to feel at home here they love their city. But theres. A lot of good. Even if you stumble along the border i interviewed a lot of mexicans who had recently been deported from the u. S. I talked for hours with people who were living in the t. Want to sewer system and i didnt even take a single photo. These people often have no place to live and many become drug addicts when there already. Is a brewer but there are Serious Problems with education politics and the economy mere. San ysidro california is one of the busiest land border crossings in the world. And estimated 70000 cars and 20000 predestines cross it every day. And i once took a photo that i really came to like it was taken at sonny c. Drug its a small metal disk that shows the border line it says us at the top and mexico at the bottom basis and we were. The same if you go there hi there. Im working actually would you mind if i took some photos of this. We now travel east to the border city of Ciudad Juarez which rises from the harsh landscape of the chihuahua desert. Prohibition in the 1920 s. Drove Many American bars and strip clubs here and the city grew rapidly. Today Ciudad Juarez is plagued by prostitution Drug Trafficking and corruption. Miter markdale was born here in 1979 later she studied photography in mexico city spain and new york and then returned home. Over the past 2 decades theres been a huge increase in Violent Crime here between drug cartels and the army and the face of the city has changed many residents have fled officials have tried to reduce crime by tearing down buildings in problematic districts. Might have documented these efforts in some of her photographs this work prompted her to start investigating a series of crimes that haunts the city to this day the kidnapping and murder of young women. Getting up quite a lot and am asking what about their lives here why did you hear what he says the citys main street. Used to be full of tourists is that yes he went on to receive a yet there were lots of bars in this district in crowds of american visitors. And those though they were of the us and what a lot of the young women who disappeared in 20092010 were killed. Now to right here on these streets in all is the luck of the guy you know that he cast your d. N. A. Most of them were between 15 and 22 years old they were looking for work in these shops which even employ children when they hear. That. Girls came in for job interviews that you get when you go. Causes by bailiffs and then they were kidnapped by members of the gang that ruled the entire district back about how i thought i thought on a. Local party here it is close she was my 1st case. So this is really the. News continues he is using his 15th Birthday Party she disappeared a year later. Might a search through Police Archives and that suspected gang members. She also wanted to find out how the women had lived before they vanished she wanted them to become more than mere statistics. Our larger malibu men i started by calling erica couriers mother and she invited me to come over and see her sick at a minimum gas. Is a colonel said it is a woman and i got to know erica through some of her personal belongings. That as i had to decide how best to portray people who had disappeared. Most of the victims had worked well wage jobs in american owned Assembly Plants near the border. They lived in settlements on the outskirts of the city near the places where they worked. In february 2012 a former discovered 26 bodies in a dry riverbed in the chihuahua desert miter had portrayed 12 of the victims in her photographic as. The women had been held at the hotel verdi in Ciudad Juarez. But they got out of the area you know that all this is that it members of the law says take us getting used to hang out at the hotel she asked us and they abducted young women held them at the hotel and forced them into prostitution either in private homes or in the hotel itself the women also had to work as prostitutes in jails and prisons this morning count in America Monica was the 1st to be identified and her remains were found in a river bed later investigators confirmed that she had been held prisoner at the hotel for about 4 months. Its a question a lot they miss windus quite promises. Police closed off the hotel during the investigation and trial but minor managed to get inside. The out of the class b. So they were 3 floors the doors were open everywhere. Nobody says i saw a blood stained pillows this place was terrifying it was 6 in the morning if the police had caught me theyd arrest of me. I shot some videos took some pictures but i was really scared. The hotel very day trial began in 2015 an effort to bring to justice the. Is responsible for the kidnappings and murders. On the channel could help our cause let you run some of the girls said they didnt want to work for the gang anymore so they were driven to a remote area outside the city. As a family and then the gang members marched them into the desert and special in their heads with rocks out in south africa and the mahdi. The authorities saying about 1500 women have been murdered in Ciudad Juarez since the 1990 s. A number of local journalists and photographers have also been killed while major was researching the story she too was kidnapped probably by gang members. There is a part of sally quinn movie it was horrible some guys showed up and pushed me into a van and they threatened me for several hours i mean what they finally let me go see to myself that important now that. The incident prompted my order to leave the city she returns only occasionally and never stays more than a few dates. Look at me to ask wasnt so now my work tries to explain whats happening to the people of mexico our society is falling apart we have to understand that almost all c. S. The most. Since 2005 madam archdale has documented 142 missing persons cases and 30 murders of young women. My Journey Continues to the countrys capital and largest city more than 20000000 people live in mexico city 4 times as many as in 1960 many people have moved here from nearby states theres been a steady increase in crime here in recent years especially in the poorer district experts say much of the increase is due to disputes between rival gangs and cartels. Federico gama specializes in photographing young people who feel like they dont fit into contemporary society. Your walk you know i live in mexico city. I grew up in a traditional neighborhood here. My work is based on 3 main themes identity clothing as a means of expression and something i call cultural migration records. Because the political scene and because projects are sort of are autobiographical. For certain the city where i was born and i know these people. But. As a boy i had some experience with goings but i look at them but for me the most interesting thing about cultural migration is that it involves not only people that innocent but also ideas ways of thinking and views of the world. These are from my book. The origins of chinas subculture can be traced back to collect in our neighborhoods of los angeles in the 1970 s. Cholo groups became popular as a means of expressing social cultural and political resistance to men stream american society. Nothing is particularly distinctive. In the early 1990 s. Tunnel culture spread to mexico peggotty kageyama took these photos of channels in a working class district of mexico city. Have us believe the last cent of course and to feel inside a major impact on these young people blood in blood out an american me. That is saw these films they became childless right away gentlemen. But a use for them the American Dream is to belong to a gun like in the movies. Example but i mean this photo is very symbolic these guys are in with their guns up my camera. It shows that theres a certain level of trust between us at the. Display of the quiet with violence thats associated with these young people you think are important priority in their Families Communities neighborhoods under contract. Price. Was told this by things hes like him but i like them because hes. Little the president can cause us to stand for completely Different Things mexicans who live in the us suffer discrimination for them clothing signifies social resistance which is the. You skin this expresses their working class mexican roots in the he. Says quote and this one hides what the others are proud of their indigenous and proletarian origins is going there in the can into ohio. In the district of taco by federico photographs young people who belong to an Indigenous Ethnic Group called the mother when they combine elements of punk and skater subcultures federico calls them our channel skateparks. Wearing punk or cello or skater clothing gives them a sense of counterculture sophistication which of course. You can see this very clearly in a photo i call force of gravity. For this young man presents himself powerfully against an urban backdrop. But look at that hes wearing a to lucas soccer scarf as a headband. Skater globus cholo trousers was one of the shirt but the load do you reckon he said the poke. Only because the situation of the Indigenous People ask country is very complex. Because many of them work out of school jobs in mexico city. And they live like foreigners here even though they descended from the original residents of this price. The last one of us where their home region is about 150 kilometers from mexico city. They help to build learn to look at the capital city that was found that in the 14th century. Some azhar women have told me. Building the city before the spanish arrived. With force we were all ruled by the aztecs and today were ruled by the people who live here in the palm of the minerals. They are doing. Now is gonna work and i finally where that way look at the. Biggest person if you come back they embody the attitude of youth counterculture. After lazaro or china skate on course i want to as i started to work on a project called last illuminati. Its about a phenomenon that i call 12 d. R collaborative deals where a lady of guadalupe and the young people who make a pilgrimage to her silicon in mexico city on the summer 12th to pay their respects to her would go on now and i missed. That can look at the party im interested in the connection between violence crime and religion. I think these young people feel a certain social disillusion get. A kind of fanaticism or they express by turning to religion various fall. Power. Now we moved to southern mexico. Its one of the poorest states in the country its largely rural and the population is mostly indigenous. It got a dog out of going was born in the town of could learn he was the 1st person in his family to attend a university his work focuses on mexicos violent history including disputes between Indigenous Peoples and the large corporations that have taken over their land. In his installations at got a deal combines videos photographs and paintings his project is called metal america the hurricane effect it focuses on the development of large Scale Wind Energy projects along the isthmus of toronto peg in one haka nearly 1300. Wind turbines have been built there so far. The government has also proposed to build an overland transport corridor in the region to compete with the panama canal. Which is where the part of the went and what if there are serious contradictions here. You see large Wind Turbines that produce clean energy and you think what a beautiful landscape. But if you dig deeper youll find a lot of problems that are common in mexico. Confiscation of land while its death displacement and inequality which is another one of. The wind farms were built on Communal Land that had been distributed to peasants as part of reforms that followed the mexican revolution of 1010. But in 1902 the government approved legislation that allowed the privatization of this land. And. Thats how the Big Energy Companies moved into the its mis to want to pick and they didnt have to do much in return so they just bribed the local authorities to drive out the people who live there. It was the Wind Turbines here. Yeah theyve already started over there. Ok. Is there as much wind here as in some material. Where its not as windy here is it is there. Blows all the time. None of the Wind Turbines here supply this region with energy. Not even nearby communities like. It was only 8 kilometers from a wind farm but it has no electricity. When either. The island of kauai chimbo is inhabited by an Indigenous People called. The island has been hit hard recently by hurricanes and earthquakes. All the government has pretty much given up on this area and has tried to resettle the people who live there and there have used to be a communal kitchen here. I mean look after the storm an earthquake destroyed a wall here that we dont know about it but. In his ironic photo series happy people edgardo are gone refers to a official serving the claims that mexico is one of the happiest countries in the world. Were going to be what are the Police Patrol branches that was not there when the job at all that up i think a big problems are with drugs and organized crime and all what happens to the crux nothing really never because theyve got money. The only people who get locked up here are the per. If you have money you can ignore the law you know. If you dont have any money tough luck and also people are sent to prison for petty crimes and all up in. The. In you know regular look there was my name is what a loop a vasquez luna i come from the village of archaeology in the state of chiapas my native language is. I used to walk along this path all the time because its close to my fathers land. Those as. I mean there are coffee plantations and farm fields nearby. That made it that but we do use a small path when we go to fetch water. But we were always a free and wed be attacked by a dangerous animal like a tiger or something and. Then one day. On january 1st 1904 rebels and peasants launched the zapatista uprising in the state of tea up us to protest the enactment of the north American Free trade agreement and its expected impact on the impoverished local residents. The uprising was named after any young of their birth or a key leader of the 1910 revolution and an advocate of agrarian socialism. These rebels were concerned that under nafta mexican farmers would face stiff competition from the u. S. They were also opposed to the mexican governments latest attempts at land reform. Pedal that he had to travel to rebel held areas to take photographs of the uprising hed already covered several Armed Conflicts in latin america. But id seen fighting surge will america but i never thought it would happen in my own country very much in a. Conflict of my will. That we arrived there are things returned and there was lots of go viral. A single bit though and found some dead zapatistas what of. This photo of Subcomandante Marcos was one of the 1st i took of him until then he had allowed journalists to get close to. The fighting between the rebels and mexican troops continued for 12 days then the government declared a cease fire. In february 1906 the rebels and the government worked out a peace deal but the 2 sides disagreed on several important points. Riginal accord was never implemented the government then started arming. Militias who often clashed with the rebels. There hear that strategy has been used in these kinds of conflicts and many different countries. But the government avoids a direct conflict. And relies instead on militias to fight the rebels and. But its a Long Term Strategy that can play out over 20 or 30 years as it did in this case a very barren your castle. d repeated attacks by militia forces prompted many local residents to leave their homes and move to refugee camps. In late december 1970 militiamen attacked the village of. His father along so tight catechism in the village and organized fast and prayer meetings most of the local residents supported the zapatista rebels on december 22nd alonso called the villagers together for a prayer meeting and they heard the sound of gunfire. They may almost that ensued. We watched as the bullets flew over us and cut through the trees. My father said just imagine if we were hit think that while. You think if these bullets can tear into a tree what would they do us yes that one out of what he said then i thought what. Rolled them up there but what the last thing i remember was that my mother was shot in the arm. There was a man with a gun in front of me maybe 10 meters away. Yes man. But i mean and they were shooting at my mother i stood up and screamed. And i wasnt afraid of the gunfire or the soldiers anymore but i. Meant to say only thing that mattered was that id lost my mother. I mean mother to. The children started screaming and crying and you could hear cries of pain everywhere. I just dont know what you know i can still hear those sounds it was traumatic. What. This is thats the last thing i remember seeing. The massacre lasted all day as the one whos but you know these the girls that was confirmed by journalists who reported on the story when i got those religious were slaughtered for that but as a press photographer and ive experienced a lot of Armed Conflict but ive never seen a massacre bike that one. No one that i thought i least i what i base 45 people were murdered they were massacred. So yes the events that took place have been confirmed. Paramilitaries came to the church and killed women and children. That if they cut open the bellies of 3 pregnant women and pulled out the fetuses. I last. One will say that during the massacre there were army units there. But they didnt intervene. Her brother and 2 sisters were the only members of the family who survived. They fled to a rebel camp. Other survivors went to a nearby village. Paid a visit to the village soon after birth. Theres a killer level refugee camp was located near that helped on the start one last note and im not quite all going to. Kill this is where they slept. So they all show and here you go will. Tell them what i see in the massacre had taken place 12 or 15 days earlier this morning that cornelie. By the year people were angry with the army to relatives of the 45 people who were murdered in october now believe that the army was their greatest enemy. And they didnt want the soldiers around any against them you know and he said again. d a lesson the greatest think of his i wanted to go to the women got together then decided to ask the troops to leave the and he would say it but i believe this because if. They want out of them slowly. I mean that will have me oh i started to get worried when i saw the women here pushing the troops that were going to the soldiers staggered back one of the bells at that asked by me yeah but i want to. Be and. That was good and good but. What if they let that work it worries me. That they let you. Get. This they sang. Big deal of the thing your personal people are lets put those i never give my vote as a title im going to so you but i call this one minute earlier the women of so yeah. Because it represents many women. All the women who are involved in the struggle in this movement and this idea they bear. This photograph was published worldwide. It shows that a Popular ResistanceMovement Even a small one can change the course of events. We have come here today want to call attention to or demands for autonomy. One evil governments after another and their institutions and Security Forces continue to commit crimes against their brothers and against Indigenous Peoples. The one yes then leave it alone those who took part in that massacre were arrested but later released it will be the government decided that it did not want to punish them too harshly by york and thats why theyre free now. Thats a no i. I hardly ever talk about it because it brings back painful memories but if i dont talk about it people will forget and thats what the government wants what we have to look at and then. Vasquez is now a member of the National Indigenous congress which promotes the autonomy of native peoples. Photographer did i think it will be day says the camera gives her an alternative view of reality when she looks through the lens the world appears differently. It is a legend among mexican photographers. During her studies she was inspired by the work of the renowned man well. Who later became her mentor. Shes also been influenced by the work of younger contemporary mexican photographers. As lyrical images focused on the wide ranging diversity of mexicos culture and its people. Doesnt really look at that as either but thats the camera gave me the opportunity to explore the culture of my country. If it. Was more thats how i got to know mexico and all of its different ways of life. Also to give what i dont use telephoto lenses or flash devices addressed to close ups of the therapy. Sort of the thing with it one subjects are mexicans just like me. Whos to say whether they or i lead a better life for further your theory or. Bear our theme put it but ive always felt a connection with these people. To be they has managed to capture a world of beauty dreams and illusions and a land where life is often shaped by harsh realities. Or work and that of these other photographers sheds unique light on the profound resilience of the mexican people. I am its 50 years since the moon landing. A celestial body and its power of attraction. d there and the. Cosmic journey through space time. d 30 minutes on d w. Enter the conflict zone with tim sebastian. I mean challenging those in power asking tough questions demanding others. 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