Director Duncan Bridgeman did a fantastic job embracing the Mexican culture through his film Hecho En Mexico.
The film captures a glimpse of our festivities, traditions, religion and how different dialects of the Spanish language can be within the Mexican culture. What is different about this film is that it features the perspectives of well known celebrities and their opinions. Features narratives include Café Tacvba’s vocalist Ruben Albarran and actor Diego Luna.
This documentary has music created by Mexico’s established iconic performers like Alejandro Fernandez, Julieta Venegas and Gloria Trevi to independent rising icons like Carla Morrison and Kinky.
Hecho en Mexico’s Soundtrack
The soundtrack is incredible, putting artists like Carla Morrison and Zoe’s vocalist Leon Larregui in one track as well as Molotov and Calle 13’s vocalist René Pérez Joglar. The mash up of the music was unique as they used a variety of instruments such as the marimba and the harp.
Along with music, it showed different ways that we express ourselves, whether its poetry, art and special dances. Not all is peachy though, the film touches the difficulties and the boundaries of our culture. Some difficulties that are shown are those of immigration issues and the misperceptions of our ancestors. This part of the film was the most crucial and the music was nothing short of that. Los Tucanes de Tijuana sang lyrics saying that terrorists come to countries through airplane, not through land.
All and all this film is a documentary to watch whether or not you are Mexican; it opens your eyes to the beauty that lives within the simplicity of our country.
