Film Series
Users + the Films of Natalia Almada
The Mexican narrative and nonfiction director Natalia Almada is a two-time winner of Sundance’s Documentary Directing Award, a MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient, and one of the most incisive and forward-looking filmmakers working today. This retrospective gathers the director’s personal and political examinations of recent Mexican history as her acclaimed latest feature, Users, opens at BAM.
A searching, insightful meditation on society’s reliance on technology to fulfill human needs.
Filmmaker Natalia Almada examines the controversial legacy of her revolutionary ancestors.
Mexican acting legend Adriana Barraza gives a self-erasing performance in this entrancing study.
Natalia Almada’s breakthrough documentary about immigration, plus a short meditation on loss.
A portrait of Martin, a man who guards the mausoleums of Mexico’s most infamous drug lords.