JARIPEO
Efraín Mojica, Rebecca Zweig / 75’ / Mexico, USA, France
Every Christmas in Penjamillo, the annual jaripeo unites locals and returning U.S. migrants in a celebration of cowboy culture, nostalgia, and masculinity, while beneath the spectacle a hidden queer subculture quietly unfolds. Filmmaker Efraín, who grew up between Penjamillo and Riverside, California, blends personal experience with Super 8 footage, stylized memory, and raw verité to interrogate the machismo at its core. Through encounters with Noé, a macho cowboy living partly in secret, and Joseph, a flamboyant jaripeo superfan and community pillar, the film becomes an intimate journey of self-recognition.
03.10, 19:00, THE STEPS
04.10 20:15, ODEON CINEMA
In partnership with Single Step Foundation