Never Again Mexico Without Us
Nunca más un México sin nosotrxs

Among the film collections lie fragments of the history of the native peoples. Paradoxically, their gestures, voices, and looks remain absent from these documents. Through this video essay, images of the communities of southeast Mexico burst forth. They stare at us, in order to interrogate the past and demand the place of the people in the images of the present.

Entre los fondos fílmicos se encuentran fragmentos de la historia de los pueblos originarios. Paradójicamente, sus gestos, voces y miradas quedan ausentes de estos documentos. A través de este video ensayo brotan imágenes de las comunidades del sureste de México. Nos miran fijamente, para interrogar el pasado y reclamar el lugar de las personas en las imágenes del presente.

Juan Jacobo Del Castillo

A historian and filmmaker who is interested in the history of contemporary Latin American cinema and the use of archive material in the construction of cinematic memory. He is an active cultural affairs promoter, and runs workshops on critical screening and filmmaking in Colombia and Mexico. He worked as an editor on the short film ‘Yo No Canto Por Cantar’ (Mexico, 2016) and the feature film ‘Las Colonias’ (Mexico, 2020). ‘The Film Justifies the Means’ is his first feature film.