Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

El poeta / Loteria Films presents in association with Emergencia MX and Canana ; a co-production of Loteria Films and LTB ; directed by Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega ; produced by Katie Galloway, Kelly Duane de la Vega, Nefertiti Kelley Farías ; written by Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega.

Publisher, Date:

Oley, PA : Bullfrog Films, [2015]

Description:

1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

digital optical

widescreen ( 1.85:1)

NTSC

video file DVD video

Summary:

"Tells the story of renowned Mexican poet Javier Sicilia, who ignited mass protests and an ongoing movement for peace after the brutal murder of his 24-year-old son Juan Francisco, collateral damage in a drug war that has left 60,000+ dead since 2006--the majority civilians"--Container.

Subjects:

Sicilia, Javier, 1956-

Poets -- Biography.

Drug traffic -- Mexico.

Drug traffic -- Social aspects -- Mexico.

Violent crimes -- Mexico.

Cartels -- Mexico.

Organized crime -- Mexico.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.