Preparing a ‘Conquest’
History is written for the victors and what they leave out are the losers, academic historian Arthur Drexler noted. But Mexican director Salvador Carrasco wanted to tell the losers' story.
'Conquest' Reveals Clash, Fusion of Spirit
In his bravura feature debut, Carrasco has created nothing less than a dazzling vision of the birth of a uniquely Mexican religion born of the searing fusion of Catholic and Aztec deities.
A Story of Tolerance Across the Ages
The mind-jarring clash of cultures--and the traumatic birth of a new nation--is the subject of Salvador Carrasco’s “The Other Conquest,” a historical drama that explores the religious and political roots of Mexico through the prism of the human soul.It all begins with an idea.