documentary

Mexican Dream

By Benjamin Franz | April 2024

Writer-director Laura Plancarte’s cinema verité documentary, Mexican Dream, focuses on the life and times of co-writer María Magdalena Reyes. Reyes fled an abusive…

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Writer-director Laura Plancarte's cinema verité documentary, Mexican Dream, focuses on the life and times of co-writer María Magdalena Reyes. Reyes fled...

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