En el hoyo | In The Pit Juan Carlos Rulfo Mexico, Documentary, 2006, 84 min., 35mm, Color Spanish with English Subtitles Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum IMAX Theater Tuesday, April 24, 7 PM All Audiences

According to a Mexican legend, the devil asks for one soul for every bridge that is built, as a guarantee for the bridge’s durability. In Juan Carlos Rulfo’s documentary In the Pit this old legend takes on new meaning. Made of more than 17 kilometers of asphalt, the Second Deck is a major urban project set to transform Mexico City. The most impressive attribute of this elevated freeway possesses is its ability to impact the lives of so many people. Award-winning filmmaker Juan Carlos Rulfo has made a deeply-felt documentary about the hands and minds behind this work of concrete, steel, and asphalt. Mostly shot in high-definition digital video, In the Pit also features time-lapse scenes filmed in 35mm. The score—composed of the cacophony of cranes, jackhammers, handsaws, and voices of the workers—forms a singular musical story reflecting the drama of the enterprise.

Juan Carlos Rulfo, born in Mexico City in 1964, graduated in 1988 from the Metropolitan Autonomous University in Mexico City with a BA in Communication Sciences and studied film direction at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City. Mr. Rulfo’s thesis was the documentary short Grandfather Cheno and Other Stories (1995). His first documentary feature film was Juan, I Forgot I Don’t Remember (1999). Both films received awards in Mexico and abroad. Since 2001, he has been a member of the National System of Creators of the National Endowment for the Arts (FONCA).

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Producer: Eugenia Montiel, Juan Carlos Rulfo

Production Company: La Media Luna

Screenwriter: Juan Carlos Rulfo

Cinematographer: Juan Carlos Rulfo

Editing: Valentina Leduc

Music: Leonardo Heiblum

Cast: Isabel Dolores Hernández, José Guadalupe Calzada, Agustín Zárate Centeno, Natividad Sánchez Montes, Pedro Sánchez Bernal, José Juan, Soto Sotelo, Vicencio Martínez Vázquez, Tomás José León, Juan Díaz Calvario, Isahín Octaviano Simón, Sofía García López, Salvador Enríquez Castillo