The Sun Quartet Directed By Solanas And Getinos

The four-part film The Sun Quartet, directed by Los Ingravidos, documents the protest due to the disappearance of forty-three children in Iguala, Mexico. This film expresses the political issues in contemporary Mexico by using what Solanas and Getinos call the “third cinema” in their writing titled “Toward a Third Cinema,” they define the "third cinema" as a raw form of cinema. Solanas and Getinos both address the “struggle” expressed by Solanas and Getino as the people who are in a sensitive area and lack power. In this film, we see the citizens struggling against the political military. Does the use of the “third cinema” in this film help create a better understanding of the “struggle” of the Igualan residents in the conditions of Solanas

This scene emphasizes the meaning of the “struggle” experienced by the individuals mourning. They have no power and are in pain because their loved ones are gone. The use of each name makes for a sincere viewing experience because hearing the actual name of each child makes it concrete. Hearing the name of all 43 kids that are missing pushes toward a brutally honest viewing experience. This is what “third cinema” is supposed to express, according to Solanas and Getino's theory. Based on the definition provided, “Third cinema is, in our opinion, the cinema that recognizes in that struggle the most gigantic cultural, scientific, and artistic manifestation of our time, the great possibility of constructing a liberated personality with each people as the starting point…”(page 2) This scene does precisely this and can do so because of the expression of the individuals struggling because their lack of power in what they can do concerning their children and loved ones going

This screen then transitions to a black screen after a spark occurs, turning the screen from red to black. At this moment, the only thing I could think of was blood and how the blood of these children lies on the military's hands because of their lack of using their power for good. The blood makes the reality of the forty-three children's disappearance more present than before. The color red makes you imagine what could have happened to those helpless children and the encounters they