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"This June, Spectacle is pleased to present Eva Aridjis’s trilogy of documentaries on a few of the marginalized communities in Mexico. LGBT individuals who worship death as a saint, an extended family known as “the wolf people,” and drug-addicted street children in Mexico City are all part of the anthropological fabric which Aridjis uses to survey a social neglect that ranges from the interpersonal to the systemic. The people in these films inhabit the margins of visibility, often sequestered in prisons, shady plazas, circuses, and downtrodden barrios. Aridjis gives them a voice by turning her camera lens on them and allowing them to tell their stories.
"Aridjis’s documentary films have been nominated for Mexican Academy awards (Arieles) and have screened at festivals around the world, including Sundance, Los Angeles, Morelia, Sao Paulo, Havana, Edinburgh and more. She has also written and directed two narrative features- THE FAVOR (2006) and THE BLUE EYES (2013). Her six-part docuseries on Mexican-American history- Mexistory- is currently in development. Aridjis will be present for two Q&As to discuss two of the films in this series, SAINT DEATH and CHILDREN OF THE STREET."