Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Carmín Tropical Wins Best Film at Morelia Film Festival

While Morelia will continue to have normal activities during the weekend, the closing ceremony was already celebrated yesterday (Friday, October 24). Rigoberto Perezcano's Carmín Tropical was the film that took home the top award, by winning best Mexican feature at the Morelia Film Festival 2014.

Carmín Tropical is set in Juchitán, Oaxaca, a place where travesties are referred as muxes, and are actually considered the best son in a family. There are several documentaries that tackle the muxe culture, but Perezcano . . .

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