Product Details

• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Studio: Beyond Entertainment Limited
• DVD Release Date: December 14, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000LXH4H8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #311,708 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

"The best way to explore a new city is to connect with the people who live in it. Join jetsetting presenters Toby Amies and Asha Gill on a radical urban adventure as they plug into city after city with the help of its most colourful and clued-in residents.

Presenter Toby Amies hooks up with alternative arts guru Pancho Lopez, who exercises his democratic right to eat wherever he damn well pleases by staging elavorate dinners in public places - such as a traffic island, smack in the middle of a busy Mexico City thoroughfare.

Pancho's friend Kimberly Sumano guides Toby through the historic canals of Xochimilco gathering flowers for the forthcoming Day of the Dead celebrations. Kimberley introduces Toby to peroxide-topped La Lucha Libre hard man Shocker who kits him out in wrestling gear and initiates him into the mysteries of the world's most theatrical fighting organisation.

Kimberly and Toby celebrate ""Dia de muertes"" with traditional Aztec dancing in Xochimilco and the following night in Mixquic, with a feast and candlelit vigil in honour of the dear departed.

Pancho takes Toby to the counterculture El Chopo market where he meets social activist Daniel Sanchez conducting an orchestra playing instruments recycled from the city's trash.

Toby helps filmmaker Andrea Álvarez gather Super 8 footage behind the scenes at a bullfight at the city's Plaz de Toros before taking to the ring with Shocker in a La Luncha Libre wrestling spectacular. Toby regains his equilibrium by helping Daniel's friend Tareke Ortiz play a unique composition written for the bells of the city's magnificent Metropolitan Cathedral."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 stars Unique, funny, best for uninhibited travelers, November 8, 2009

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durangok "durangok" (Tiburon, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lonely Planet Six Degrees Series 2: Mexico (DVD)

Low-tech, low budget and poor visual quality yet humerous and delightful. You will see parts of Mexico City not in your normal travel books and places you may or may not want to visit, especially if you are a a cautious traveler. Complex topics, such as the role of death in Mexican society and the multifaceted nature of the Day of the Dead celebrations are treated in a light-handed manner. It's not unpleasanst yet strange to watch a young mexican, in a party-like situation, rub honey from a bucket over his almost nude body and then pour the remainder over his head to run down his torso while the audience drinks honeyed drinks. I laughed throughout this hour long video, yet that may say more about me than it does about the video. It seems a bit overpriced so we borrowed it from the local library. It would be great running in the background for a Cinco de Mayo or Day of the Dead party (Nov. 1-2).