简介：Intheearly1960stherewasastrongfilmmovementinmostLatinAmericancountriesthatoriginatedtheso-calledNewLatinAmericanCinema.PioneercountrieswereArgentina,BrazilandCuba,butthis"newwave"mostlyconsistedofdocumentariesandshortsthathardlymadeittothescreensoutsidetheircountriesoforigin.Then,inMexicoduringthe1970s,withthehelpofthestate,andthroughitspowerfuldistributionmachine(thenowextinctPeli-Mex),wecouldseemoviesbynewdirectors,manygraduatesfromfilmschools.AmongthesewasPaulLeduc,formedinFrance,whosefirstwork"Reed:Méxicoinsurgente",basedonJohnReed'saccountofhis1913traveltoMéxico,wasacclaimedasthefirsttrueportraitofMexicanrevolutioninafeature.MadeindependentlyfromMexicanunions(whichinitiallycausedittobebannedfromscreens),usingdocumentarytechniques,sparsedialogue,sepia-tintedimages,andamorerestrainedaestheticsthanBrazilianfilmguruGlauberRocha'swildcinema,Leducbecameaniconofrenovation,andhismovie,asignofhopeformanyfilmmakers,andanearlyexampleofpost-moderncinema.ThisworkledtootherfilmsbyLeduc,whichareamongthebestofLatinAmericancinema,as"Etnocidio"andespecially"Frida:Naturalezaviva",sofarthebestfilmbasedonFridaKahlo'slifeandwork,withanoutstandingperformancebyOfeliaMedina.…