Tlatelolco

1h 15m

Rather than focusing on the monuments and representational architecture of the Plaza, Tlatelolco concentrates on the neighboring residential high-rises. Built in the 1960s under the supervision of modernist Mario Pani, Unidad Habitacional Nonoalco-Tlatelolco is the largest apartment complex in Mexico City. Realized at the zenith of Mexico’s economic boom, Pani’s vision of a “vertical city” beyond class distinctions has itself been shaken up on multiple occasions. Schreiber and cameraman Johannes Hammel capture the fading of an urban architectural utopia.

Crew

Lotte Schreiber

Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer

Johannes Hammel

Director of Photography

Rafael Ortega

Director of Photography

Tlatelolco

Crew

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