Marino and the Authentics

2024 • Directed by

Cristóbal Jasso

Documentary, Music

Marino Mariano is a musician and fisherman from Collantes, an Afro-Mexican community on the Costa Chica of Oaxaca. Despite being illiterate, he composed more than 46 songs. Now, at 68 years old, he dreams of recording the songs he still remembers. Along the way, Marino meets other musicians, The Authentics, who, like him, seek to leave their musical legacy.