Jaripeo brings queer rodeo documentary to VIFF tonight

Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig's documentary is scheduled for 8:30 pm October 1 at VIFF Centre, with later festival screenings listed.

Jaripeo is on VIFF's October 1 schedule at 8:30 pm at the VIFF Centre's VIFF Cinema. The festival also lists screenings on October 7 and 10. Co-directors Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig bring the 70-minute documentary to the festival's Spectrum programme. Mojica returns to Penjamillo, Michoacán, for the annual jaripeo,

a rodeo of bull riding, horses and public performance. The filmmakers look at queer desire and private lives within a tradition associated with masculinity. VIFF's listing notes that the film previously played Sundance's NEXT section and Berlinale Panorama. The official film page has the local schedule and content

considerations. Headline image: Vancouver International Film Festival / Jaripeo. Official festival promotional still.

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