MUSICAL RECOVERY AND DELIVERANCE OF THE MARIACHI ANTIGUO DE LOS ALTOS DE JALISCO

RESCATE Y DIFUSIÓN DEL MARIACHI ANTIGUO DE LOS ALTOS DE JALISCO

Director

Pascual Aldana Yáñez

Country

Mexico

Year

2021

Runtime, min

11

Genre

Language

Spanish

Subtitles

English

Logline

The traditional music of mariachi from Los Altos de Jalisco fell in disuse for decades. Get to know through this documentary some of its former members and the musical research of 27 years that led to the recovery of more than 110 pieces of unpublished repertoire from this region.

Crew:

SCRIPT: Pascual Aldana, PHOTOGRAPHY: Sergio Calderón, ART: Pascual Aldana, EDITING: Pascual Aldana, SOUND: Daniel Aldana, ANIMATION: No aplica, MUSIC: Javier López - Mariachi Antiguo de los Altos de Jalisco, CASTING: -, SOUND EDITING: Pascual Aldana, POST PRODUCTION: Pascual Aldana

Director

Pascual Aldana Yáñez

441 / 5.000 Jalisco documentary filmmaker and photographer. He studied communication at Iteso University. In 2001 he directed his first documentary about the town of San Sebastián del Oeste. He has been the director and photographer of more than 30 documentaries on topics such as archaeology, history, ethnobotany, as well as biographies of plastic artists and personalities. He has received various awards at documentary festivals in Mexico and Spain. 2002 San Sebastián del Oeste. 27 minutes. DVCAM 2003 The Teuchitlán Tradition: Discovering the Ancient Western Mexico. 32 minutes. DVCAM 2006 Mezcala Island: Impregnable Stronghold. 48 minutes. HD 2007 The Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila. 50 minutes. DVCAM The Story of Calderon Bridge: The Battle and its secrets. 50 minutes. HD 2008 Chaquira of the Huichol Indians. 38 minutes. DVCAM 2009 Serie. Historias Arqueológicas del Bajío: Peralta. 52 minutos. HD Serie. Historias Arqueológicas del Bajío: Zaragoza. 52 minutos. HD 2010 Serie. Historias del Tequila y su Cultura: Historia de una Gran Bebida. 52 minutos. HD Serie. Historias del Tequila y su Cultura: El Paisaje Agavero. 52 minutos. HD Serie. Historias del Tequila y su Cultura: Hombres y Nombres del Tequila. 52 minutos. HD Serie. Historias del Tequila y su Cultura: La Ruta del Tequila. 52 minutos. HD An Unknown Civilization in Western México. 52 minutos. HD 2011 Phil Weigand, an explorer for all times. 50 minutos. HD 2012 Mezcals from Western Mexico and Pre-Hispanic Distilling. 52 minutos. HD 2014 The Mesoamerican Diet: Origins. 78 minutos. HD 2021 Musical recovery and deliverance of the mariachi antiguo de los Altos de Jalisco. 11 minutes. HD

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