Felix Bazalgette

El Grito: the film banned for revealing the truth about Mexico in 1968

In the summer of revolt, student Leobardo López Aretche captured the protests in Mexico City, and the state’s brutal response, up close – and like many of his subjects and fellow comrades, would pay a high price for his audacity. Fifty years later, his movie is no longer a secret, writes Felix Bazalgette.