Ensayo sobre movimientos sociales que abarca del 2012 al 2021. Así como en la fábula la tortuga vence a la liebre en una carrera, la justicia en México será lenta pero implacable. El legado del movimiento estudiantil de 1968 ha sido el de una lucha continua por construir un país más justo, democrático y libre. Tales demandas rebasan los proyectos políticos de un sexenio y se nutren de la memoria colectiva que se rehúsa a olvidar los crímenes del pasado. Es a través de la estética y los afectos que quienes se manifiestan contagian tanto su esperanza por un mundo mejor, como su indignación ante la violencia que atraviesa el país. La guerra contra el narcotráfico que comenzó en 2006 continúa a la fecha manteniendo una herida abierta en la sociedad; la cifra de muertos por este conflicto es de 350,000 y la de desaparecidos de más de 100,000 personas.
Este proyecto documental inicia durante las elecciones presidenciales del 2012 con mi participación dentro del movimiento estudiantil #YoSoy132 en contra del regreso del Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) a la presidencia de México y continúa durante los siguientes años siguiendo de cerca otros movimiento sociales, en particular el que se desencadenó tras la desaparición forzada de los 43 estudiantes de Ayotzinapa.
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The tortoise's journey
Essay on social movements from 2012 to 2021. Just as in the fable where the tortoise beats the hare in a race, justice in Mexico will be slow but relentless. The legacy of the 1968 student movement has been an ongoing struggle to build a more just, democratic, and free country. Such demands go beyond the political projects of a six-year term and are nourished by the collective memory that refuses to forget the crimes of the past. Through aesthetics and affection, those who demonstrate convey both their hope for a better world and their indignation at the violence that the country is undergoing. The war against drug trafficking that began in 2006 continues to this day leaving an open wound in society; the death toll from this conflict is 350,000 and the number of missing persons is more than 100,000.
This documentary project began during the 2012 presidential elections with my participation in the student movement #YoSoy132 against the return of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to the presidency of Mexico. It continued during the following years following closely other social movements, in particular the one that was triggered after the forced disappearance of the 43 students of Ayotzinapa.
This documentary project began during the 2012 presidential elections with my participation in the student movement #YoSoy132 against the return of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to the presidency of Mexico. It continued during the following years following closely other social movements, in particular the one that was triggered after the forced disappearance of the 43 students of Ayotzinapa.
