Out of Competition


TLATELOLCO: KEYS TO THE MASSACRE
TLATELOLCO: LAS CLAVES DE LA MASACRE



Director: Carlos Mendoza
Script: Carlos Mendoza
Cinematography: Javier Zarco, Eliseo Morales
Music: Benito Espinoza
Editing: Roberto Vazquez
Producer: Nancy Ventura Ramirez
Production company: Canal 6 de Julio A.C. Y Demos, Desarrollo de Mdios, S.A. de C.V.
Source: Nancy Ventura Ramirez
Presidenta, Canal 6 de Julio A.C.
Col. Portales Oriente
C.P. 03570
México, D.F.
MEXICO
Phone: +55 55 39 47 11
Fax: +55 55 39 47 11
info@canalseisdejulio.com
www.canalseisdejulio.com

Mexico, 1968. Just before the Olympics, there is a huge massacre. This film is an anatomy of that catastrophe.

This documentary draws on all the footage shot of the October 2, tragedy, in which security forces massacred student protestors in Mexico City. Military bosses and special forces who participated in the attacks are identified. Many questions are asked; some are answered, some are not.

TLATELOLCO presents a clear and penetrating view of this event that marked a turning point in Mexico's history. It is part of the filmmakers' persistent search for the keys to explaining the murders that took place in Mexico's Plaza of the Three Cultures.


Carlos Mendoza was born in Mexico City in Mexico City. He studied directing in UNAM, where he now teaches documentary filmmaking. He has directed more than sixty documentaries, and has won several major awards in Mexico. In 1988, he founded the independent production company Canal seis de Julio, producing documentaries on human rights and Mexican social history. He is the author of THE EYE OF MEMORY, a book on documentary filmmaking

filmography as director
(selected)
TLATELOLCO (2002)
PETATERA (1999)
NEOLIBERAL TRAGICOMEDY (1997)
WORKERS, PRIVATIZATIONS, AND OTHER BATTLES (1996)
THE WAR IN CHIAPAS (1994)
CHRONICLE OF A FRAUD (1990)
CHAPOPOTE (1981)

Guest spiker!

Saturday 10-Apr-2004 1:00 PM Gallery Theatre
screening with THE CARTEL