Humberto Rios

Movies

Testimonios zapatistas
Cinematography
This film integrates a series of testimonies based on the memory and myth of the last surviving Zapatistas, those peasants who, led by Emiliano Zapata, during the decade from 1910 to 1920, in central Mexico, radicalized the Mexican Revolution by becoming warriors to reconquer their lands and their freedom.
Mexico: The Frozen Revolution
Cinematography
A thorough analysis of the socio-politics of Mexico, within the historical context of the Mexican Revolution reality. Includes footage from the 1910s, interviews with farmers, politicians, intellectuals, middle class, union, etc, as well as scenes from the life of an Indian family in Chiapas, their religious rituals, their crops, trials and bilingual schools. The film ends with the slaughter in the Plaza de Tlatelolco in 1968, during the infamous Olympics.
Al grito de este pueblo
Writer
Al grito de este pueblo
Director
Eloy
Screenplay
The film is about Eloy, a Chilean bandit and companion of Joaquín Murieta, who is wanted by the justice system on the border with Argentina. Although an escape seems impossible, in desperation he flees without a fixed destination.
Argentina, mayo de 1969. Los caminos de la liberación
Director
Faena
Writer
The images connect the workings of a slaughterhouse with a city that is also divided between executioners and dead people.
Faena
Producer
The images connect the workings of a slaughterhouse with a city that is also divided between executioners and dead people.
Faena
Director
The images connect the workings of a slaughterhouse with a city that is also divided between executioners and dead people.