Video Series #In15Minutes
We are happy to share with you our series #In15Minutes where we will talk about the cultural richness of Mexico among other interesting facts of its past and present history. Enjoy!
EPISODE 4: PATI JINICH
Premiered Oct. 22, 2021
Our #In15Minutes video series is back with a special guest, our favorite chef Pati Jinich, who spoke with us about her favorite food, her family, and the details of her upcoming book ‘Treasures of the Mexican Table’.
Pati Jinich is a James Beard Award-winning Mexican chef who has dedicated her career to building a shared understanding between her two home countries: Mexico, where she was born, and the United States, where she lives currently and is raising her family. Her long-running PBS daytime series, Pati’s Mexican Table, has brought Mexican flavors, colors, and textures into American homes and kitchens, as viewers have watched Pati thoughtfully and enthusiastically guide them through the various diverse geographic regions of the country.
EPISODE 3: CAST WAR OF YUCATÁN
Premiered May 3, 2021
Have you ever heard about the Caste War of Yucatán? This historical event was a Maya rebellion against the government, landowners, church taxes, and land grabbers that lasted sixty years and went through long periods of peace, war, and foreign intervention in Mexico and North America.
On May 3, 2021 we commemorate the end of this conflict in 1901 and we take part in the official apology for the grievances caused to the Mayan Peoples. To learn more about this story of resistance we talked with historian Rajeshwari Dutt.
EPISODE 2: ROBERTO CUEVA DEL RÍO
Premiered Apr. 28, 2021
To celebrate the 113th birthday of the Mexican painter Roberto Cueva del Rio, author of the magnificent murals of our institute, we talked with his daughter, Ana María de la Cueva to know the most relevant details of his passionate life and his great pictorial legacy #In15Minutes
EPISODE 1: LUIS NISHIZAWA DREAM LANDSCAPE
Premiered Apr. 16, 2021
This first episode in collaboration with the Japan Information & Culture Center of the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C., is dedicated to Mexican artist Luis Nishizawa, and the connections between the cherry and jacaranda blossoms.