Pedro G. García

A Lot of Us Are Gone

The territory of the Totonacs, indigenous people native to northern Veracruz and Puebla, houses more than 3,000 oil wells as well as many fracking fields. Excessive exploitation has had a major impact on both the health of the inhabitants (miscarriages, cancer, congenital diseases) and the environment of the land. Depending on who you ask, in Totonac Atzin means rain or drop of water. In 2019 my high school friend, Atzin Molina, was kidnapped and disappeared by a drug cartel in a Mexico City nightclub; during the last 20 years, the Totonac deity of thunder and rain, also called Atzin, has been described as being missing or dead due to the ecological devastation and pollution of the land of the Totonacs. The stories of the two Atzins –both narratives of violence and disappearance–merge to form a portrait of how violence transits between the natural environment, territories, individual bodies, my group of friends and the cultural unconscious of Mexico.

Dead Man's Switch

Dalia (42), discovers that her husband has vanished without a trace. As her life and her job as a subway driver begin to collapse; the violent indifference of her environment engulfs her in a dark tunnel that seems to lead nowhere.

Disappear

Mary travels from Honduras to the United States looking for her son, a migrant kidnapped in Mexico. Francisco, the dean of the Pesh community, fights against the extinction of the tropical forest. Both struggle against disappearance.

Midday Cowboy

The story of a true and masterly poet who lived through war, heyday and tragedy of the end of the century.

Sinahal, The Mayan Midwives

Portrait of Mayan midwives who do ultrasounds with their hands, those who respect the nature of the living and that contrast with the modern world.

Armed to the Teeth

The parents of two young men assassinated in the drug trafficking war, looking to clean the names of their sons accused of being hired assassins armed to the teeth.

Guerrero

In the state of Guerrero, México, activists Coni, Juan and Mario rebel against impunity, regardless of the sacrifices and risks - even mortal - that their struggles involve.