NCMA Cinema: Gods of Mexico (2022)

Gods of Mexico (2022). Directed by Helmut Dosantos, 1 hr. 37 min., NR, documentary

This film is a poetic survey of the vast landscapes and rich diversity of several communities in rural Mexico. Using richly saturated color and hypnotic black-and-white interludes, filmmaker Helmut Dosantos takes viewers through salt pans, deserts, highlands, jungle, and underground mines—paying tribute to those who fight to preserve their cultural identity amid the shadows of modernization.

Image: Courtesy of Oscilloscope Laboratories