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. In 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. If anything theres a photograph of the Border Office and at many different places. I shoot a lot there was one 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. And the border doesnt run in a Straight Line it goes one way and then another. Journalist francisco has been crossing the Us Mexico Border for 2 decades his work now focuses on long term documentary projects. Its over. My travels along the border taught me a lot most of all i learned that the Northern Region is not the same everywhere. Because a lot of those who were. Francisco portrays the border 3 photos of landscapes inanimate objects and people. He often uses metaphorical images to make his point. Hell move me inside and 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 and 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 u. S. Government started up creating the old barrier near to one of. These new steel panels are about 5 meters high. I thank you if you 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 you know 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 to say dont assume. I know but that because in the us and the city of tijuana in particular has always fascinated me because of all that it represents because when those who its a destination for a lot of migrants come in and a major point of transit want to also welcomes people who come there and decide to stay. Also there is going to say 2 or 3 generations have now been born there although their parents came from somewhere else these people grew up and who want to feel at home here they love their city ordinances. But theres. A lot of good. Even though we 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 one a sewer system and i didnt even take a single photo. Or see that these people often have no place to live and many become drug addicts when theyre already. Brewer but there are Serious Problems with education politics and the economy. California is one of the busiest land border crossings in the world. And estimated 70000 cars and 20000 pedestrians crossing every day. And i once took a photo that i really came to like it was taken in san ysidro 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. Making this 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 what it is 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 in 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 celebrity amassing a book about their this year quite a devotee of water as is the citys main street. It used to be full of tourists is that yes you went to see a birthday at there were lots of bars in this district in crowds of american visitors. Even in those though there were fears as i want a lot of the young women who disappeared in 20092010 were killed. Now to right here on these streets and is there well get a guy you know lets see cast in a minute here most of them were between 15 and 22 years old they were looking for work in these shops which even employed children and yeah. That was the girls came in for job interviews but again. Causes but they left and then they were kidnapped by members of the gang the rule the entire district back about how i die thoughts on a. Local party here it is close she was my 1st case. So this is more of the. News continues he is using his 15th birthday is pretty 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 lodger my lovely man i started by calling erika car use mother and she invited me to come over and see her dad a man im a cast. Is a connoisseur and is 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 at little 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 farmer discovered 26 bodies in a dry riverbed in the chihuahua desert might a had portrayed 12 of the victims in her photographic essay. The women had been held at the hotel verite in Ciudad Juarez. But they got out of it i dont know that all this is without it members of the law says take us getting used to hang out at the hotel she asked the 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 by loving America Monica was the 1st to be identified and her remains were found in a river bridge later investigators confirmed that she had been held prisoner at the hotel for about 4 months. Its a question a lot they must win is quite wrong with us. Police closed off the hotel during the investigation and trial but might have managed to get inside. Ok is who out of the s. B. So they were 3 floors yet the doors were open everywhere. No one is as i saw a blood stained pillows this place was terrifying it was 6 in the morning yeah if the police had caught me theyd of arrested me when i was having my 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. Those responsible for the kidnappings and murders. On the gentle good hand are absolutely right to some of the girls said they didnt want to work for the gang any more 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 back out is an act like a condom or. 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 my leader was researching the story she too was kidnapped probably by gang members. There is a bit of sally called 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 that and i saw that important. The incident prompted myra to leave the city she returns only occasionally and never stays more than a few days. Cooking with gas and 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 as he asked. Since 2005 madam our goal 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 view of what 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. Because the more you can and because projects are sort of autobiographical. For certain the city where i was born and i know these people. But this was a boy i had some experience with goings but im look im a bit of a for me the most interesting thing about cultural migration is that it involves not only people that are not what i mean but also ideas ways of thinking and views of the world. These are from my book. The origins of china subculture can be traced back to the latino neighborhoods of los angeles in the 1970 s. Solo groups became popular as a means of expressing social cultural and political resistance to mainstream american society. The thing is particularly distinctive. In the early 1990 s. Tunnel culture spread to mexico. I took these photos of charles in a working class district of mexico city. Give up one of those political last send up or send to fill inside a major impact on these young people blood in blood out an american me. After they saw these films they became childless right away gentlemen. By the way for them the American Dream is to belong to a guy like in the movies. Example but i mean this photo is very symbolic these guys are in with their guns at my camera. It shows that theres a certain level of trust between us but then there was. The spark acquired with violence thats associated with these young people you think are important priorities of family and communities neighborhoods and their country in paradise. Was this boy thinks hes like him but like damn well call these. People the president calls 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 exporting their indigenous and proletarian origins going there in the going into ohio. In the district of taco Bell Federico photographs young people who belong to an Indigenous Ethnic Group called the mother when they combine elements of challah punk and skater subcultures federico calls them our channel skate parks. Wearing punk or cholo or skater clothing because of 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 gless cholo trousers with 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. Is that they live like foreigners here even though they descended from the original residents the price. Of 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 founded in the 14th century. The hill a summers are women have told me. Building the city before the spanish arrived because the force were all ruled by the as texas and today were ruled by the people who live here in the bulldozer minerals condos complete the leaders. Are you doing. No ones gonna work and i finally where that way look at the. Youngest person if you come back they embody the attitude of youth counterculture. After liz i were childless capon course i want to i started to work on a project called last illuminati. Its about a phenomenon that i call 12 d. R political deals where a lady of guadalupe and the young people who make a pilgrimage to her silicate in mexico city on december 12th to pay their respects to her they would pull him out alive you. Can look at im interested in the connection between violence crime and religion. Ok i think these young people feel a certain social disillusionment combined a kind of fanaticism that they express by turning to religion rigorous all. Release your. 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. Edgardo at a god was born in the town of atlanta 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 edgardo combines videos photographs and paintings his project is called made for america the hurricane effect it focuses on the development of large Scale Wind Energy projects along the isthmus after the 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. In which theres a battle because 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 as you might is 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 1992 the government approved legislation that allowed the privatization of this land. And. Thats how the Big Energy Companies moved into the. Wanted. And they didnt have to do much in return so they just bribe the local authorities to drive out the people who live there. It was a well known Wind Turbines here. Yeah theyve already started over there in arriaga. Is there as much wind here as in summit. When its not as windy here is it is there. But it blows all the time. Does anyone know the last none of the Wind Turbines here supply this region with energy that not even nearby communities like. Is only 8 kilometers from a wind farm but it has no electricity. When either. The island chimbo is inhabited by an Indigenous People called. The island has been hit hard recently by hurricanes and earthquakes. The government has pretty much given up on this area and has tried to resettle the people who live there. Used to be a communal kitchen here. After the storm an earthquake destroyed a wall here. In his ironic photo series people got a go at a gun refers to an official survey that claims that mexico is one of the happiest countries in the world. What on the Police Patrol the beaches that are not there when their job. Big problems are with drugs and organized crime. And what happens to the crooks nothing because theyve got money. The only people who get locked up here are the per case if you have money you can ignore the law if you like the get if you dont have any money tough luck and also people are sent to prison for petty crimes and the weapon of. The. Any known resolute my name is what. I come from the villages in the state of. My native language. I used to walk along this path all the time because its close to my fathers land. Though this bit and i still got me there a Coffee Plantation is in farm fields nearby. But we use a small path when we go to fetch water. But we were always afraid that wed be attacked by a dangerous animal like a tiger or something. Or a 1st 1904 rebels and peasants launched their 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 him ileana zapata 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 Conflict in latin america. But id seen fighting in search of america but i never thought it would happen in my own country he may bear conflict out of my will. We arrived at it 30 things were tense and there was lots of go viral. Single bit and found some dates up to teach us what. This quote of Subcomandante Marcos was one of the 1st i took of him until then he had allowed journalists to get close to him. That 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. Was most of the theory that strategy has been used in these kinds of conflicts and many different countries. Where the government avoids a direct conflict. And relies instead on militias to fight the rebels and its. But its a Long Term Strategy that can play out over 20 or 30 years as it did in this case bearing been trained by news corps wanted. d 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 taught catechism in the village and organized fast in prayer meetings most of the local residents supported the zapatista rebels on december 22nd alonso called the villagers together for a prayer meeting then they heard the sound of gunfire. We watched as the bullets flew over us and cut through the trees. My father said just imagine if we were hit. At the us and if these bullets can tear into a tree what would they do to us yes i would not want to said. 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 maam. But i mean and they were shooting at my mother i stood up and screamed at the name yellow not that i wasnt afraid of the gunfire or the soldiers anymore but. This the only thing that mattered was that id lost my mother. I mean mother and the certainly thought of you would have little else 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 just. What it says thats the last thing i remember seeing the thing when you hit me with. The massacre lasted all day thats the one yes but you know these the girls that was confirmed by journalists who reported on the story when i say those religious were slaughtered for that but as a press photographer ive experienced a lot of Armed Conflict but ive never seen a massacre like that one. Not. Based on i thought at least i what i base 45 people were murdered as they were massacred. So yes the events that took place have been confirmed my paramilitaries came to the church and killed women and children. That is they cut open the bellies of 3 pregnant women and pulled out the fetuses. Less than a seahorse. One will say that im a soccer during the massacre there were army units there. But they didnt intervene now my saxony. Her brother and 2 sisters were the only members of the family who survived. They fly to a rebel camp. Other survivors went to a nearby village. Pedro but yet are visited the village soon after work. And theres a killer level the refugee camp was located near that helped told to stop unless you know when the court will give you. A key this is where they slept. So they all slept here people will. Tell them what i see and the massacre had taken place 12 or 15 days earlier this morning that. By the end people were angry with the army to relatives of the 45 people who were murdered in now believe that the army was their greatest enemy. And they didnt want the soldiers around any against them you know and i can say they can. d d think of is i want to go to the women got together and decided to ask the troops to leave the day hed say but i believe this because if. They want out of that im slowly. I mean that i started to get worried when i saw the women a pushing the troops and one of the soldiers staggered backwards and i will say that i asked bobby yeah but i want to. Thank. You and. That was good thank you but. What if they locked up what do you think. Might be less. Than. Thanks sang. The television your pussy Little People as for those i never give my voters a title that is a so your but i call this one that the women of so yeah. Is that because it represents many women or. All the women who were involved in the struggle in this movement and this idea that as they where. 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 only that it will be the government decided that it did not want to punish them too harshly by york and thats why there are 3 now. Last thing 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 only. Vasquez luna is now a member of the National Indigenous congress which promotes the autonomy of native peoples. Photographer and 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 money well. Who later became her mentor. Shes also been influenced by the work of younger contemporary mexican photographers. Last year as lyrical images focus on the wide ranging diversity of mexicos culture and its people. Just a bit of that as it were but thats the camera gave me the opportunity to explore the culture of my country. To fit in to work and he was more thats how i got to know mexico and all of its different ways of life. Always at that if i dont use telephoto lenses or flash devices or just too close ups or the therapy. Sort of things with the way it once subjects are mexicans just like me. Whos to say whether they or i lead a better life it will further your theory. There are thin but 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 reality. Her work and that of these other photographers sheds unique light on the profound resilience of the mexican people. 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