Film / Screening
Morelia International Film Festival Selected Shorts

México Now Festival (MXNOW) joins forces again with long-time collaborator Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) to present award-winning short films that have been shown as part of MXNOW over the last 20 years. FICM is one of Mexico’s most renowned gatherings for contemporary cinematography, bringing to light the most compelling fiction, cutting-edge animation, and insightful documentaries.

Ivette Mercado, film editor and MXNOW team member, has curated a special selection of FICM shorts for the festival’s run at Chelsea Factory. All shorts will be presented in Spanish with English subtitles. Following the screening, stay for a live Q&A with Mexican filmmakers and representatives of the Morelia Film Fest. Seize the opportunity to hear directly from the creative minds shaping Mexican moviemaking!

This screening is presented with additional support from Festival Internacional de Cine De Morelia, Cinema Tropical and Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C.

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2004. The Sixth Section. Directed by Alex Rivera

“The Sixth Section” opens a surprising window on immigration in the twenty-first century. Following a group of Mexican immigrants from the tiny desert town of Boqueron who now work in upstate New York, the film documents their struggle to support themselves — and their hometown 2000 miles to the south. To do this, the men form a ‘union’ that raises money in the form of weekly donations of $10 or $20 from each of its members in New York. In the past few years the group has brought electricity, an ambulance and, most dramatically, a 2,000-seat baseball stadium to Boqueron. “The Sixth Section” is an intimate portrait of how ‘The American Dream’ is being redefined by today’s immigrants.

Duration: 26 Min