"But the Paint Comes through"


It has been an emotional process making a short film about the  Asaro, the  amazing artist collective in Oaxaca,Mexico.I have learnt so much about my own history by reading their history and have discovered deeply rooted historical connections.As the film is getting the chance of being shown in small venues,Asaro artists are back on the street,protesting along the teachers and taking their art to walls of Oaxaca.

It is going to be screened at Norwich Radical Film Festival 26'th-28'th August:
http://norwichradicalfilmfestival.com/





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