100 Ways to Cross the Border
A daring, self-reflexive performative documentary on the extraordinary Mexican/Chicanx performance artist Guillermo GĆ³mez-PeƱa's 40-year career of radical artistic practice alongside his international troupe La Pocha Nostra. At a time when the mainstream media is filled with demonizing stories about the US-Mexico border, the film presents the philosophical frameworks of an artist with a sustained dedication to highly impactful, innovative artistic interventions on that border, and presents a unique portrait of his beloved troupe La Pocha Nostra on the road for three years. Featuring exclusive footage from his personal archive, GĆ³mez-PeƱa enacts his artistic interventions by reclaiming and "queering the border" as a laboratory for utopian ideas and artistic experimentation.
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Released
- 2022
Details
Release year: 2022
Storyline
A daring, self-reflexive performative documentary on the extraordinary Mexican/Chicanx performance artist Guillermo GĆ³mez-PeƱa's 40-year career of radical artistic practice alongside his international troupe La Pocha Nostra. At a time when the mainstream media is filled with demonizing stories about the US-Mexico border, the film presents the philosophical frameworks of an artist with a sustained dedication to highly impactful, innovative artistic interventions on that border, and presents a unique portrait of his beloved troupe La Pocha Nostra on the road for three years. Featuring exclusive footage from his personal archive, GĆ³mez-PeƱa enacts his artistic interventions by reclaiming and "queering the border" as a laboratory for utopian ideas and artistic experimentation.