Time is out of Joint

Narco-capitalism has significantly modified the rural and urban environments of contemporary Mexico. More than 40,000 acres of Indigenous forest in Michoacán, mx., have been appropriated by narco industries, turning it into a a composite site of hidden dynamics, cartel-drug crimes and state-sponsored violence. The state of Michoacán, where most of the drug war takes place, is a strategic place for these transactions, promoting the fragmentation of Mexico’s narco cartels as they continue to merge with federal and regional police, criminal groups and local guerrillas.

Blending performance with observational approaches and ethnography, this documentary provides a glimpse into Indigenous rural Mexico at the intersection between ecocide, narco­labour and enforced disappearance.

 

Credits

Time is out of Joint
Color, Stereo
HD
25 mins.
2018

Directed by Victor Arroyo

Voice-over by Motomoto Sanchez
Taxi driver Mario Arroyo

Additional photography by Oswaldo Toledano
Post-production supervising by Oswaldo Toledano
Sound design by Christian Olsen
Laboratory services and 2k scan provided by Frame Discreet

 


Trailer 1 min.

 

Production Support

El Colegio De Michoacan
Centro de Estudios en Geografia Humana
Mexico
2015 – 2018

MITACS
Mitacs Globalink Research Award
Canada
2015

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FORUM RIDM
Talent Lab
Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal
2017

 

Financial Support

Canada Council for the Arts.
Canada.

Globalink Research Award.
MITACS, Canada

MEES
Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement Supérieur.
Gouvernement du Québec.
Canada.

MERST
Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, Recherche, Science et Technologie.
Gouvernement du Québec.
Canada.

Concordia University.
Faculty of Fine Arts.
Canada.

 

Exhibitions | Screenings

Uppsala Kortfilmfestival 2020

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DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2019
Winner Short Documentary Award.

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ICDOCS International Documentary Film Festival 2019

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Docudays UA International Documentary Film Festival 2019

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Rendez­-vous Québec Cinéma 2019

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Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal RIDM 2018

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Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018

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Festival de Cine Etnográfico de Ecuador 2018

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