Film
2025
Wetiko
In the Maya jungle, a young Maya man’s journey with sacred toads collides with a fight for spirit and land—against outsiders led by a predatory white cult leader.
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Kerry Mondragon is a bold new voice in independent cinema, known for blending raw emotional realism with surrealist flair. Raised between the deserts of northern Mexico and suburban California, Mondragon’s work draws deeply from a life of cultural dissonance, where wild poets, peyote roadmen, and saintly Mexican grandmothers collided with the pristine surfaces of Marin County privilege. A self-taught writer-director, Mondragon began corresponding with Allen Ginsberg at age ten and later assisted Spike Lee on Da Sweet Blood of Jesus—an experience he considers his film school. His debut feature, Tyger Tyger (2021), a pandemic thriller written and shot a full year before COVID-19, was praised for its prophetic vision and unconventional storytelling.…
