499
To reflect on the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 2021, director Reyes offers a bold hybrid cinema experience exploring the brutal legacy of colonialism in contemporary Mexico. Through the eyes of a ghostly conquistador, the film recreates Hernan Cortes' epic journey from the...
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| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | Spanish English |
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New York, NY :
Cinema Guild,
[2022]
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| Summary: | To reflect on the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 2021, director Reyes offers a bold hybrid cinema experience exploring the brutal legacy of colonialism in contemporary Mexico. Through the eyes of a ghostly conquistador, the film recreates Hernan Cortes' epic journey from the coasts of Veracruz to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, the site of contemporary Mexico City. As the anachronistic fictional character interacts with real-life victims of Mexico's failed drug wars and indigenous communities in resistance, the filmmaker portrays the country's current humanitarian crisis as part of a vicious and unfinished colonial project, still in motion, nearly five hundred years later. |
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| Item Description: | Title from web page. Originally produced in 2020. Wide screen (2.35:1). Bonus features: audio commentary; The making of 499; theatrical trailer; booklet. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, wide screen (2.35:1). |
