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jaripeo
directed by Efraín Mojica & Rebecca Zweig
Mexico, US, UK / 75 Mins / Spanish, English
Logline:
At the rural jaripeos in Michoacán, México, a hypermasculine tradition is rife with hidden encounters. Director Efraín returns home to explore desire and machismo, revealing an intimate portrait of queer life at their hometown rodeo.
Synopsis:
A modern portrait of queer life surviving beneath Mexico’s most masculine ritual. Jaripeo uses director’s lens to blend memory and verité. It follows two rancheros to explore desire, masculinity, and identity in a world built to exclude them.
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Efraín Mojica is a photographer, filmmaker, and performance artist from Michoacán. Their work has shown in galleries around the world including in Berlin, Barcelona, and Mexico City. Their filmmaking is heavily influenced by their work as a conceptual artist which explores the translation and interpolation of light, sound, and matter.
Rebecca Zweig is a filmmaker, journalist, and poet based in Mexico City. Her work is featured in The New York Times, The Nation, and Revista Nexos, among others, and has been supported by Chicken & Egg Pictures, Sundance Institute, and SFFILM. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she was a Teaching and Writing Fellow.
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Year: 2026
Country: Mexico, US, UK
Length: 75 mins
Director: Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig
Producer: Sarah Strunin
Efraín Mojica
Rebecca Zweig
