Alejandro Mejía
About
Alejandro “Jano” Mejía is a Mexican Cinematographer based in New York City. A Berlinale Talent Campus alumn, his work has screened at Berlin, Tribeca, Sundance, Los Cabos and Morelia film festivals, amongst others. He is a winner of a Panavision Award. His latest film, 306 HOLLYWOOD, premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
499 Años (499 Years)
499 YEARS examines the brutal legacy of colonialism nearly five centuries after Cortez arrived in the Aztec Empire. Bold, unique, and strikingly cinematic, the film uses magical realism, combining documentary and fiction to show how past traumas continue to affect contemporary reality, while challenging us to overcome our histories of violence.