La Cancion de Medio Siglo (2015)

Itinerant musicians in the drug corridor of Mexico US which tell stories of a vanishing world with a troublesome future . Since the Independence war and throughout the Mexican revolution, itinerant musicians have been a long tradition in Mexico's history.Their songs reveal Mexico's cultural identity, depicting stories of war and romance, of struggles and corruption, of tenderness and loss. Music however, is not enough for their survival as we uncover their second identities as farmers and fishermen immersed in the reality of their personal lives. Our main protagonist, Gaby Aguirre, writes songs that reflect his harsh upbringing, shaped by the beautiful but endangered environment, the character of which constitutes the core of their threatened communities.