Pick one of the films to watch: La Ley de Herodes and Los Olvidados and answer the following questions:
Explain the reasons for choosing the film that you watched.
AND
Choose 1 question to address
Identify 3 elements in the film that connects to this week’s readings. (ie. Connect to the consequences of
modernity on Mexico)
2.Summarize the main ideas of the film and its connection to identity.
3.Discuss what you think the filmmaker is attempting to say through his film about Mexico.
The Mexico Reader, choose 1 question to address.
1.Discuss the Zapatistas demands? Explain how they are the same or different from other moments in Mexican
history?
2.As we end the semester and after watching the videos of Tlatelolco and the Zapatistas, explain how these
events shape the notion of identity
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