Mexico
An invitation to: “The Impossible Movie Theater”
An invitation to: “The Impossible Movie Theater”
Sixth Commission of the EZLN, October 2018
ZAPATISTA ARMY FOR NATIONAL LIBERATION
Sixth Commission of the EZLN
Mexico
October, 2018
To the persons, groups, collectives and organizations of the national and international Sixth:
To the support networks for the Indigenous Governing Council:
To those for whom cinema is a hobby, vice, or obsession:
Part I and only:
THE IMPOSSIBLE MOVIE THEATER.
(Opening scene: The Serpent Offers the Apple)
You’re walking without a destination. You don’t know where you’re going, much less why. Behind you is the busy street which runs along the wall whose crumbling facade mocks the also deteriorating poster of the Happy Family. In the distance lies the monumental stadium and its impertinent question: “Who rules?” Anyway, right now you have no idea where you are and you’re starting to wonder if you should turn back…but you don’t know where or why you’d go in that direction either. So you stop, but only for a moment because a little girl grabs your hand and hurries you along: “Hurry up or we’ll be late to the movie.” You don’t have a chance to respond because you’re immediately faced with a colorful sign declaring: “All adults must be accompanied by a child [niño].” But someone has crossed out “un niño” and written “a girl [una niña].” Another anonymous hand has scratched that out to write “unoa niñoa.” Someone else crossed that out and wrote instead, “None of that matters here.”
Someone wearing a ski-mask stops you, but the little girl says to the masked face, “he’s with me.” The masked person allows you to pass. You walk down a slope partially covered in cement, through puddles, rocks, and mud. Off to the side there are multiple wood structures with tin roofs. The fog is heavy, so the humble structures appear and disappear with every step you take, like “fade in” and “fade out” scenes. You keep going without knowing where you’re headed. The atmosphere reminds you of an old mystery movie…or a horror film.
(Español) Asesinan a Sergio Martínez, periodista de Chiapas
Por Citlali Téllez
Ciudad de México 3 de octubre de 2018.- Sergio Martínez González editor del periódico Enfoque, fue asesinado a balazos la mañana de este miércoles mientras desayunaba con su esposa en un lugar de Cacahoatán, municipio de Tuxtla Chico, Chiapas. El periodista murió cuando era atendido en el hospital.
Dos hombres a bordo de una motocicleta tipo choper Italika, dispararon contra el periodista y su esposa quien también resultó con heridas de gravedad y es atendida, además de estar bajo protección por la Fiscalía Regional de distrito Costa y fronteriza.
La organización Article 19 informó: “Tenemos conocimiento del asesinato de Sergio Martínez en Chiapas. ARTICLE 19 documenta los hechos y exige a la Fiscalía General del Estado investigar tomando en cuenta la labor periodística y brindar medidas de seguridad a su familia”.
El comunicador Sergio Martínez Gonzáles es el segundo periodista asesinado en Chiapas, además de ser asesinado de la misma forma que Mario Gómez, en el municipio de Yalojalón.
