Jaripeo

The Jaripeo bull rodeo attracts thousands of people to Penjamillo every year. Director Efraín Mojica returns here to explore this culture as a gay man: whilst the Jaripeos have always been characterised by hypermasculine cowboy aesthetics and excessive partying, Mojica and Zweig now discover a complex, partly hidden community. They meet Noé and Joseph, who are navigating different paths of queer existence. Using digital and Super 8 film, they atmospherically portray identities shaped by tradition and desire, which hold their own in a world that is only seemingly clearly defined.