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YO NO SOY GUAPO Film and DJ
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Join a special screening of YO NO SOY GUAPO, a film about the popular parties in the slums in Mexico City that are under threat of disappearance by the local government. The film will be introduced by the director Joyce García, and there will be a musical experience that continues the energy and emotion of the film. Backyardmango and Guadalupe will be playing on vinyl, intentionally curated as an extension of the film — meant to carry the tone and themes beyond the credits.
ON SCREEN: YO NO SOY GUAPO
2018. Directed by Joyce García. Runtime: 1hr 21min. Not Rated.
Multicolored lights, panting and sweaty bodies, tight clothes, high heels, and cumbia sounds filled the streets of Mexico City. The Sonideros (sound systems) began amusing the neighborhood yards and then became the people’s idols. Since 2014, this tradition has been threatened by the local government’s prohibition.
ON STAGE: Director Joyce García
Mexican filmmaker, photographer and producer, graduate of the Universidad Veracruzana and the Master’s Program in Documentary Film at UNAM (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). In 2018, she completed her debut feature documentary Yo no soy guapo, which has been screened in Mexico, Brazil, the United States, Colombia, Peru, and Spain, at festivals such as the Guanajuato International Film Festival, Los Cabos International Film Festival, Zanate, Ambulante, DocsMX, Lima Film Festival PUCP and the Encontro de Cine Negro Zózimo Bulbul in Brazil, as well as at Mexico’s Cineteca Nacional, the country’s most important venue for national cinema. She previously worked as a photographer and editorial assistant at Cuartoscuro magazine, where she published written work, and her photography has appeared in outlets such as La Jornada, Aristegui Noticias, and Reforma. In 2025, she completed the series Descoloniza for AJ+ Español, the internet outlet of Al Jazeera, leading the series as Senior Producer/Director. She currently works as a freelancer in directing, research, and production, where she has worked for companies such as Vice Media, Netflix, and Condé Nast.
ON STAGE: Guadalupe & Backyardmango
Followed by a special vinyl set from Backyardmango and Guadalupe, bringing the raw flavor of CDMX’s local sound systems into the theater. Sonidero isn’t just a trend: it’s a living archive of block parties, neighborhood traditions, and guapachoso resistance of communities that are turning their streets into dance floors.
This intentional pairing of cinema and vinyl transports audiences back to the roots of Sonidero’s lineage: DJs present rare musical archives, crowds transform them into movement, and history enshrines those neighborhood saints who, even now, continue their resistance by dancing within their communities.