El Remolino (The Swirl)

The Social and Ecological Impact of Flooding on a Small Mexican Town

In recent years, the town of El Remolino in Chiapas, Mexico has suffered from some of the country's worst flooding. This lyrical documentary surveys the social and ecological impact, from schools that can't open to farms that can no longer operate.

Official Selection at the Locarno Film Festival and the Camden International Film Festival.

"[Captures] the rise of female documentary makers in Mexico .... A sensitively observant portrait of an oft-flooded hamlet on the banks of a wide river in the southern state of Chiapas." - Sight and Sound