Mexican Cinema
Eugenio Polgovsky
Mexico, 2008
Betacam SP (PAL) | 90min. | Colour
Photography: Eugenio Polgovsky
Editor: Eugenio Polgovsky
Screenplay: Eugenio Polgovsky
Music: Banda Mixe de Oaxaca
Actors: Yazmin Anaya, Xiadani Gutiérrez, Marcaria Tejada, Guadalupe Anaya
Children in the Mexican countryside start work at an early age. Los herederos paints a portrait of their lives and daily struggle to survive. Farmers and shepherds, they also walk miles for firewood, weave cloth, make bricks, look after their brothers and sisters, travel with their families to harvest tomatoes, chillies and maize, collect water and sculpt and paint alebrijes, amongst a myriad of other chores. They have inherited tools and techniques from their ancestors, along with their everyday hardship. Generations pass and child workers remain trapped in a cycle of inherited poverty.
Premio Largometraje & Edición - Premios Ariel, 2009
Mejor Documental - Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana, 2009
Premio FEISAL - Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara, 2009
Amnesty International Award - Ljubjiana Film Festival, 2009
