Raindance Film Festival 2012

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Barbarous Mexico (Country: Mexico; Year: 2012; Director: Luis Rincón; Writer: Luis Rincón)
An expose of the slave trade that still exists in present day Mexico.
Brilliant Soil (Country: Mexico; Year: 2012; Director: José Luis Figueroa Lewis, Sebastián Diaz Aguirre; Writer: Sebastían Díaz Aguirre, José Luis Figueroa Lewis, Lorena Fuentes Aymes; Stars: Herlinda Morales Jerónimo, Víctor Águila Sánchez)
A documentary about a potter and her political battle to protect her people, the indigenous Purépechas, from lead poisoning.
Die Standing Up (Country: Mexico; Year: 2012; Director: Jacaranda Correa; Writer: Jacaranda Correa, Martha Orozco, Rodolfo Santa Ma Troncoso; Stars: Irina Layevska, Nélida Reyes)
A documentary about social justice campaigner Irina Layevska.
Donkeys (Country: Mexico; Year: 2012; Director: Odín Salazar Flores; Writer: Odín Salazar Flores; Stars: Abimael Orozco, Leticia Gutierrez, Alfredo Herrera)
The magical realist tale of a boy striving to keep his family together after his father is murdered.
Flower In The Slime (Country: Mexico; Year: 2012; Director: Guillermo González Montes; Writer: Guillermo González Montes; Stars: Odiseo Bichir, Claudia Zepeda, Claudia Ramírez)
An orphaned girl seduces the man who adopts her, who then abandons his wife to try and find her after another lover draws her into the sex industry.
Here Comes The Devil (Country: Mexico; Year: 2012; Director: Adrían García Bogliano; Writer: Adrían García Bogliano; Stars: Francisco Barreiro, Laura Caro)
An Argentinian couple's children vanish when exploring a cave near Tijuana. When they are found again the next day, something about them has changed.
My Universe In Lower Case (Country: Mexico; Year: 2012; Director: Hatuey Viveros; Writer: Ana Mata, Inti Aldasoro; Stars: Aida Folch, Diana Bracho, Tara Parra)
A young Spanish nurse explores Mexico City, looking for the father she thought was dead.
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