Booklovers — Season 1, Episode 4: Booklovers Mexico City
Documentary • 34 min • 1 season, 5 episodes
Episode synopsis
Can Mexico City be interpreted as a violent dialogue between water and fire? To answer that question, we visited its most famous bookstores (such as Rosario Castellanos), but also the newest or most secret ones, we toured its iconic libraries (Vasconcelos, La Ciudadela, Nacional), we walked along Donceles Street and interviewed Max Ramos, Elena Poniatowska, Socorro Venegas and Mario Belatin. And with graffiti from La Mosca Crew.
About Booklovers
Booklovers is a series about the bookish dimension of some of the most cultural cities in the world. With the guide of the writer Jorge Carrión, in each chapter we visit emblematic bookstores, libraries and cultural spaces in metropolises such as Mexico City, Barcelona, Lisbon, Buenos Aires or Madrid, to better understand them through their relationship with books and literature.