NCLAFF: Desobediente (The Disobedient One)

Speaker
Rodrigo Dorfman, Peter Eversoll
Introduced by Rodrigo Dorfman and Peter Eversoll. Q&A with participants Cornelio Campos and Alan Juárez after the film.
Free and open to the public.
Dir. by Rodrigo Dorfman. Produced by Peter Eversoll. USA-Mexico. 2024. 76 min. Spanish, English, and Purepecha with English subtitles. Work in progress.
This documentary, part two of Bulls and Saints, tells the story of Eliceo Sánchez and Alan Juárez (uncle and nephew), border cowboys and Mexican bull riders. Their lives are forever changed when Eliceo crosses the border to ride El Dólar, a ferocious legendary bull. The Disobedient One is a hybrid documentary featuring Cornelio Campos painting the myths behind the story.
Shown with short films "La Virgen de la Salud y el pescado blanco / Nana wári Salud ka kurhucha urhapiti Michoacani anapu" and "Sanar la tierra (Healing Earth).
Categories
Central America focus, Global, Humanities, Mexico focus, Movie/Film