Pan y Circo (2020)
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Diego Luna — Director
Episodes 10
Chronicles of the Pandemic: COVID-19 and its Consequences
Chronicles of a pandemic. A conversation on Covid-19 and its repercussions, on how Mexico is coping with “Staying Home” and the strategies needed to emerge from the crisis. Diego Luna puts on his chef’s hat and invites five guests to discuss how the pandemic is an opportunity to ground ourselves in a today that will enable us to build a tomorrow.
Read More#NiUnaMás: Gender-Based Violence
Diego Luna and Chef Alexander Suástegui lay the table so that guests can discuss the reasons why violence is normalized, the transformative actions in feminist revolutions, and share how it's possible to conceive and imagine different ways to relate to one another.
Read MoreThe Failure of Prohibition: Drug Legalization
Diego Luna and Chef Enrique Olvera engage in conversation with their guests about the effects of prohibitionist policies, the so-called “war on drugs,” as well as about possible paths towards marijuana legalization and alternative approaches to prohibition.
Read MoreThe Future is Now: Climate Change
Diego Luna and Chef Elena Reygadas lay the table so that our guests can discuss climate change and the environmental crisis. Voices that from the Earth and all the way to space have worked to change and save the world from the environmental crisis facing us today. Is it possible to save the Earth?
Read MoreMy Body is Mine: Termination of Pregnancy
Diego Luna and Chef Alejandra Barbabosa lay the table so that our guests can discuss the importance of recognizing women’s rights on the subject of pregnancy termination. Opinions differ, but the prevailing question is why would anyone get a say over a woman’s body, other than the woman herself?
Read MoreNo One is Illegal: The Migrant Crisis
Diego Luna and Chef Javier Plascencia set the table so that our guests can discuss migration, related social and political conflicts, as well as the dangers associated with this phenomenon. Why do people leave their countries and what do they find at their destination?
Read MoreLooking Ourselves in the Mirror: Identity and Racism
Diego Luna and Chef Jahir Téllez set the table so that our guests can discuss racism, colonialism, and identity. Three words that separately can cause disagreement, but that once voiced, may just pave the way for dialogue. Integration or autonomy? A table where diversity abounds.
Read MoreAccess to healthcare
Diego Luna sets the table in person and remotely for common people, experts, scientists and scholars, to listen to criticism, reach agreements, understand what has happened to health systems before and after the pandemics, and what we can hope for in this first special about "Access to healthcare".
Read MoreDemocracy in crisis
Democracy is questioned through the relationship between the state and the citizens: why does democracy constantly lead to the triumph of leaders who do not fulfill their campaign promises? How to live in a democracy when violence is a constant? What alternatives can citizens build? The autocracy lurks behind this worldwide crisis.
Read MoreDiscrimination in Spanish
Bread and Circus travels to Madrid to try to find an answer to a question equally uncomfortable for Latin America and Spain: why is the Conquest hailed as a symbol of glory for some, and as an unanswered grievance for others? The third special of the second season turns to and gathers a plurality of Spanish-American voices to talk about Discrimination in Spanish.
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