Beyond the Beyond (2008)
Portillo’s most recent work uses a range of narrative elements to explore the realities of shifting global wealth and drug trafficking along the Mayan coastline of Mexico. Real conversations with tourist guides, merchants, and American expats about the corruption and violence caused by drug trafficking are interspersed with stylized narrative scenes that reveal documentary filmmakers’ heroic preoccupations.
Director: Lourdes Portillo
Release Date: July 25, 2008
Original Language: en
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Beyond the Beyond about?
- Portillo’s most recent work uses a range of narrative elements to explore the realities of shifting global wealth and drug trafficking along the Mayan coastline of Mexico. Real conversations with tourist guides, merchants, and American expats about the corruption and violence caused by drug trafficking are interspersed with stylized narrative scenes that reveal documentary filmmakers’ heroic preoccupations.
- Who directed Beyond the Beyond?
- Beyond the Beyond was directed by Lourdes Portillo.