As an invitation to learn about the intricate urban geography with more than 2,500 years of cultural development, authorities from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), a dependency of the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Mexico, accompanied this afternoon the presentation of the new Canal Once series, Infinite city.
At the Templo Mayor Museum, the person in charge of Audiovisual Production and Outreach of the National Coordination of Outreach of the INAH, Ana María Galicia Zamora, celebrated and wished success to the innovative production.
The six-episode series, which will premiere on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at 8:00 p.m., with weekly broadcasts at that time, offers, “with clear, entertaining language that brings us all together, an opportunity to learn about the roots and the present of the metropolis we live in; it makes us focus our attention on those corners that we don’t usually notice in the daily hustle and bustle.”
According to the official, an added value that viewers will be able to find will be unique views of archaeological sites in Mexico City, under the protection of the INAH, such as Cuicuilco, Tlaltelolco “and Tenochtitlan itself, which today, from its Templo Mayor, is our host.”
In his speech, the general director of Canal Once, Carlos Brito Lavalle, commented that, despite the fact that Mexico City is widely documented in the country’s public and private video libraries, the approach given to it from Infinite city It is dynamic and unique.
“We can delve into past and present social struggles, into historical nooks and crannies that we never imagined existed, and into the lives of the men and women who make our common home unique.”
In turn, the series’ reporter and host, Jorge Pedro Uribe, highlighted the production as the result of collective work, not only of the technicians and professionals involved in its creation, but also of the interviewees, residents of the various municipalities of the country’s capital.
In this regard, he added that the aim has also been to pay tribute to great chroniclers of the pre-Hispanic, viceregal, independent and contemporary palimpsest, including Carlos Monsiváis, Elena Poniatowska, Cristina Pacheco and Ángeles González Gamio.
“With this series, our goal is to dignify Mexico City from the perspective of the characters who live it, sometimes suffer it, and always give it meaning,” he concluded.
At the presentation of Infinite city The event was attended by the director of the Justo Sierra Historic Synagogue, Mónica Unikel.
