‘A Moment in Mexico,’ the New York Times Op-Docs documentary series comprised of six Mexican non-fiction shorts, was the winner of the International Documentary Association (IDA) Award for Best Short Form Series. The winners of the 35th Annual IDA Documentary Awards were announced last night at a ceremony at the Paramount Studios in Los Angeles.
‘A Moment in Mexico’ features the documentary films Ciudad herida / Ruptured City by Santiago Arau Pontones and Diego Rabasa, chronicling the 2017 central Mexico earthquake; Niños en la narcozona / Children of the Narco Zone by Everardo González, following a school teacher and a former gang member; Un prisionero en la familia / A Prisoner in the Family by Indra Villaseñor Amador, about a woman desperate enough to lock up her own child.
The series also features El buzo / The Diver by Esteban Arrangoiz, portraying Mexico’s happiest sewer denizen; La palabra justa / Justice in Translation by Sergio Blanco, on the language gap in the Mexican justice system for indigenous people accused of a crime; and Unsilenced by Betzabé García, on an activist murdered on-air while hosting his radio show. The six documentary short films are available for streaming here.
Additionally the U.S./Mexico co-production Midnight Family by Luke Lorentzen received the IDA Award for Best Editing.
