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| Summary: | "Mixing fictional and nonfictional elements, 499 is a creative documentary that explores the brutal legacy of colonialism in contemporary Mexico, nearly five-hundred years after Cortez conquered the Aztec Empire. Through the eyes of a ghostly conquistador, Reyes recreates Hernán Cortez's epic journey from the coasts of Veracruz to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, the site of contemporary Mexico City. As the anachronistic fictional character interacts with real victims of Mexico's failed drug wars, the filmmaker portrays the country's current humanitarian crisis as part of a brutal and unfinished colonial project, still in motion, 499 years later"--Publisher's website.
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2020. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (89 min.)) : sound, color |
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| Awards: | Best Cinematography, Tribeca Film Festival, 2020. |
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| Production Credits: | Rodrigo Reyes, director, writer, producer; Inti Cordera, producer; Andrew Houchens, producer; Alejandro Mejia, director of photography; Lorena Padilla, writer; Daniel Chávez Ontiveros, editor; Andrea Chignoli, editor; Pablo Mondragón, composer. |
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