Name: Bread and Circus
Released: 2020-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Diego Luna

Bread and Circus

TV Show · Documentary

Conversations unite experts and different personalities to touch fundamental topics of universal interest in contemporary societies, accompanied by the menus of well-known Mexican chefs.

2020 · 50m

Starring Diego Luna

Director Diego Luna

EPISODE 1

Chronicles of the pandemic. Covid-19 and its consequences.

The host speaks to biologist and environmental activist Julia Carabias as well as to an advocate of equality. Also at the table are the Mexican author Emiliano Monge and the epidemiologist Samuel Poncé de Léon.

50 min
EPISODE 2

#NotEvenOneMore. Gender violence

The causes that allow the normalisation of violence and the actions of transformation in feminist revolutions.

39 min
EPISODE 3

Failures of prohibition. Drug legalization

A look at the effects of prohibitionist policies, the war on drugs, and possible paths to legalising marijuana.

34 min
EPISODE 4

The Future is Now: Climate Change

The host talks to the biologist and winner of the "Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor", Julia Carabias. Also sitting at the board are an astronaut and a Peruvian activist who is fighting for the Amazon forest.

37 min
EPISODE 5

My Body is Mine: Termination of Pregnancy

An in-depth discussion about the importance of recognising women's rights and the subject of pregnancy termination.

33 min
EPISODE 6

No One is Illegal: The Migrant Crisis

Diego Luna sits at the table with Odilia Romero, activist and Zapotec interpreter.

42 min