Tlatelolco, Summer of 68'
As Mexico prepares to host the 1968 Olympics, students and civilians are uniting on the streets to protest the authoritarian government. Tensions are running high and the eyes of the world are on Mexico and President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz.
Overview
As Mexico prepares to host the 1968 Olympics, students and civilians are uniting on the streets to protest the authoritarian government. Tensions are running high and the eyes of the world are on Mexico and President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. Ana Maria, a student photographer and daughter of a high-ranking official, finds herself embroiled in the movement and is swept off her feet by FĂ©lix, a working-class architecture student. This film remembers the events that led to one of the darkest chapters in Mexicoâs recent history: the massacre at Tlatelolco, 10 days before the opening of the Olympic Games.
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