Fluid and far-reaching, the Rio Hondo snakes between Mexico and what was once British Honduras (now Belize). Terrain on both sides is dominated by the dense Mayan rainforest, rendering moot any notion of borders or nation-states. Yulene Olaizola’s mysterious and confounding Tragic Jungle takes place in the year 1920 when this hostile region played host to a bustling gum trade spurred in equal parts by colonialism and capitalism.
In the film’s epic opening scene, a group of Mexican laborers ascend massive Zapote trees and carve out deep track marks allowing white resin to slowly flow down the trunks. One of the workers sends his cryptic thoughts out into the lush environment through voice-over, almost as if he were beginning to realize how these manmade scars could potentially provoke a vengeful mythical response from Mother Nature.
Moments later, a young Belizean woman named Agnes (Indira Rubie Adrewin) dressed entirely in...
In the film’s epic opening scene, a group of Mexican laborers ascend massive Zapote trees and carve out deep track marks allowing white resin to slowly flow down the trunks. One of the workers sends his cryptic thoughts out into the lush environment through voice-over, almost as if he were beginning to realize how these manmade scars could potentially provoke a vengeful mythical response from Mother Nature.
Moments later, a young Belizean woman named Agnes (Indira Rubie Adrewin) dressed entirely in...
- 9/11/2020
- by Glenn Heath Jr.
- The Film Stage
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