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EL TEMA

By Santigo MAZA

Environmental - Completed 2021

- Year of production
- 2021
- Genres
- Environmental, Documentary, TV Series
- Countries
- MEXICO
- Director(s)
- Santigo MAZA
- Writer(s)
- Pablo MONTAÑO BECKMANN
- Producer(s)
- Gael GARCÍA BERNAL (La Corriente del Golfo), Magali ROCHA DONNADIEU, Pablo MONTAÑO, Mariana RODRÍGUEZ CABARGA
- Synopsis
- The six-episode, documentary web series deals with the fundamental aspects of the climate crisis in Mexico through the stories and experiences of environmental activists, human rights advocates, indigenous communities, academics, and non-profit organizations. Two witnesses, actor, producer and director Gael García Bernal and writer and linguist Yásnaya Aguilar, will weave the different stories together and reflect on the impact of each of the problems discussed in the show.
  
  The shorts are framed by the ecosystems and natural landscapes threatened by human impact in different parts of the country. The shorts will revolve around the following subjects: Water, in Chihuahua; Air, in Monterrey; Carbon, in Coahuila; Oceans, in Cozumel; Energy, in Tabasco; and Food, in Chapala. Each episode centers on a specific issue and interlinks visions, strategies and actions in order to propose a possible future that takes the environment into account as part of the country’s political agenda.