Mexico
2000, NR, 43 min.
Directed by Lorena M. Parlee, Narrated by Martin Sheen, Voices by , Starring .

Images of bustling modern-day Mexico City contrast with shots of ancient pyramids and other remnants of the Mayan, Zapotec, and Aztec civilizations in this visual tone poem to Mexico. Using gorgeous cinematography fit for a travel brochure, quotes from the writings of Carlos Fuentes, and velvety voiceover narration by Martin Sheen (né Estevez), Mexico shows the various strands of indigenous and imported Spanish culture that combine to create the modern Mexico of today. A Spanish-language version will screen Sundays at 7p,. For more on the film see austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2002-08-30/screens_feature3.html.

This article appears in August 23 • 2002.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.