Altamura films Altamura Films is an independent documentary production company based in New York and Mexico.

”All Water has a Perfect Memory” is a poignant experimental documentary that explores the effects of tragedy and remembrance on a bi-cultural family. This moving piece lyrically meditates on the cultural and gender differences between the filmmaker's North American mother and Mexican father as they evoke the loss of their child.

19min. Spanish / English Distributed: Women Make Movies

”Al Otro Lado,” An aspiring corrido composer from the drug capital of Mexico faces two choices to better his life: to traffic drugs or to cross the border illegally into the United States. From Sinaloa, Mexico to the streets of South Central and East L.A., Al Otro Lado explores the world of drug smuggling, illegal immigration and the corrido music that chronicles it all.

66 min /52:30 Spanish - English
AL OTRO LADO is a co-production of Altamura Films and P.O.V. / American Documentary Inc. in association with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB), with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Additional funds and support provided by the Sundance Documentary Film Program and Labs, The Arizona Humanities Council, NYFA, NYSCA.

”El General” In 1910 a revolution erupted in Mexico, among its rallying cries "the right to vote." Nearly a century later "Sufragio Efectivo" is heard again as thousands take to the streets. Through the legacy that filmmaker Natalia Almada inherited as the great-granddaughter of Mexican president Plutarco Elias Calles (1924-1928), one of Mexico's most controversial revolutionary figures accused of having been a "Dictator", "Iron Man" and "Nun-Burner", yet also acclaimed for having been the "father of modern Mexico," El General is a portrait of a family and a country under the shadow of the past.

60 min. / 80 min. Spanish
EL GENERAL is a co-production of Altamura Films and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB), with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Additional funds and support provided by the Sundance Documentary Film Program and Labs, Creative Capital, The Tribeca Film Institute, the New York State Council for the Arts, the Jerome Foundation, Beca Gucci-Ambulante, NALIP and the MacDowell Colony.