Title: Los Herederos
Awards: 2010 Best Editing Award
Directors: Eugenio Polgovsky
Country: Mexico
Runtime: 90 mins
Language: Spanish
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Website: http://www.tecolotefilms.com/
Synopsis:
Los herederos is a portrait of the young children in the Mexican countryside who begin to work at an early age. The film focuses on their daily struggle for survival and their activities in farming, sculpting and painting “alebrijes,” shepherding, making bricks, weaving, looking after their siblings, collecting water, harvesting tomato, chili, maize, and laboring in a myriad of other activities. They have inherited tools and techniques from their ancestors, but they have also inherited their day-to-day hardship because, as generations pass, child workers seem to remain captive in a cycle of inherited poverty. After its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and its screening at various other renowned festivals, Los herederos was awarded the 2009 Mexican Ariels for best editing and best documentary feature.
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