Private Project

A Murmur Underground

"A Murmur Underground" also knowledge as "Un Rumor Bajo la Tierra" focuses on emotions and human sensitivity to an event of terrible and uncontrollable beauty as it was the earthquake of September 7, 2017, severely damaged thousands of villages in Oaxaca and Chiapas, mainly in the Istmo of Tehuantepec, Mexico.

  • Quetzal Contla
    Director
  • Eric Reyes-Lamothe
    Director
  • Eric Reyes-Lamothe
    Producer
  • Quetzal Contla
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Un Rumor Bajo la Tierra
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 31 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    June 1, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    15,000 MXN
  • Country of Origin:
    Mexico
  • Country of Filming:
    Mexico
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Bogotá Experimental Film Festival
    Bogotá
    Colombia
    August 31, 2020
    Official Selection
  • Experiments in Cinema 15.1
    New Mexico
    United States
    June 1, 2020
    Official Selection
  • CODEC Film Festival
    CDMX
    Mexico
    November 29, 2019
    Official Selection
  • Films From the South Festival
    Thessaloniki
    Greece
    October 17, 2019
    European Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Cuarta Semana Internacional de las Artes
    Real del Monte, Hidalgo
    Mexico
    September 25, 2019
  • Centro Fotográfico Manuel Álvarez Bravo
    Oaxaca
    Mexico
    June 14, 2019
    World Premiere
Director Biography - Quetzal Contla, Eric Reyes-Lamothe

Quetzal Contla and Eric Reyes-Lamothe, technology consultant and sound designer the first, visual artist, teacher and cultural manager the second, began working together in 2014 in the scenic pieces "Cuerpo y Territorio" and "Duelo, Vacío, Melancolía" with manipulation of audiovisual elements in real time. In 2016 they present the experimental documentary "Después del Mexe" on the dismantling and transformation of the rural normal school "Luis Villareal" of El Mexe, in the Mezquital Valley. "A Murmur Underground" is their second experimental documentary.

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