Screens Sunday, October 23, 5:30 pm
Carretera del Norte
(Northern Highway)
Mexico / 2008 / 10 min
Director: Rubén Rojo Aura
Producer: Sara Rubalcava
Screenwriter: Tomás Urtusástegui
Cast: Humberto Yáñez, Lilia Mendoza, Francisco Preciado, Martín Pedroza
Run Time: 10 min.
On a desert highway in northern Mexico, a family survives extreme poverty by selling animals to the motorists passing by. The unbearable situation leads the mother to make a decision that will change her life forever.