COUNTRY
Mexico
YEAR2025
RUN TIME97 min
WRITING Ángel Froilán Flores Martínez
CINEMATOGRAPHY Ángel Froilán Flores Martínez
MUSIC
Juan López Hernández, Celso Salgado, Lizbeth Georgina Sánchez Ortiz
EDITION Sebastián Agulló
CAST Ejido de Tecoltemic, Ignacio Carmona Cruz, Francisca Zamora Morales, Juan López Hernández, Patricia Emiliano Franco, Radio Comunitaria Tsinaka, Albino Limón Hernández
CONTACT angelfroilan2@gmail.com
SYNOPSIS At the source of the Apulco River, the people of Tecoltemic defend their territory from the Canadian mining company Almaden Minerals. Alongside them, Indigenous communities of the Sierra Norte de Puebla fight against extractive projects that endanger the environment and peasant life. Throughout the journey across the mountain landscapes, while they work, cook, dance, and sing, the protagonists show, through the stories of their struggle, that when people’s lives are under threat, the organized community says No!
Ángel Froilán Flores Martínez
The ninth son of Totonakú migrants, he works as a documentarian and freelance cultural manager. His work explores themes related to memory, popular culture and socio-environmental movements through a lens of collective production. His photographic essays have been widely recognized and he’s a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores. He founded Colectivo Coyomes, where he leads photo and documentary projects aimed at children. His debut film,
Those who say No!, was selected for the 23rd FICM.
FILMOGRAPHY
Los que dicen ¡No! (feature film, 2025)
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