SNAKES AND LADDERS (SERPIENTES Y ESCALERAS) Tribute to Americas Film Festival

The childhood game of the title serves as a metaphor for the coming-of-age of two young Mexican women in the male-dominated society of the 1950s. Along with Dana Rotberg (Danzon), director Busi Cortes (Rome/fa’s Secret) is at the forefront of the new women directors movement in contemporary Mexican cinema. “Cortes gracefully captures a world of whispered secrets where women silently endure the indiscretions and unthinking desires of their husbands and lovers, and where complicity and solidarity come from understanding and trust in the community of wives and daughters.”-1993 Seattle F ilm Festival