El rumor del incendio

Duty to Remember
In Mexico in the 1960s, young revolutionaries took up arms in a desperate attempt to change society. A few decades later, the children of those guerilleros retrace the struggle of their elders. Archeologists of meaning, Luisa Pardo, Francisco Barreiro and Gabino Rodríguez furiously delve into the past, unearthing the tarnished artefacts of recent history bathed in blood, sweat and tears. At the heart of their excavation lie the remains of an unresolved conflict.

Using documents, scale models and figurines and working with a shoestring budget nourished by unbridled imagination and an extraordinary sense of narrative, they have concocted an epic documentary theatre that sheds light on their passionate craving for rebellion, a heritage of the utopian desires of their predecessors.

With no special effects, no razzle-dazzle, the performance by this Mexican team serves as a blistering attack on our benumbed consciousness. A subversive and necessary plea not to forget.