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Lila Downs

Born September 9, 1968 · Oaxaca, Mexico (age 57)

Ana Lila Downs Sánchez, best known as Lila Downs (born September 9, 1968), is an American–Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. She performs her own compositions as well as tapping into Mexican traditional and popular music. She also incorporates indigenous Mexican influences and has recorded songs in many indigenous languages such as Mixtec, Zapotec, Mayan, Nahuatl and Purépecha. Born and raised…

Known For

DeseoDeseo · 2013
Deseo
★ 6.52013
MovieDrama
Eight short stories of seduction and illicit encounters between lovers, filled with humor and eroticism, which use a circular structure located in the cosmopolitan atmosphere of a colonial city of Mexico.
FridaFrida · 2002
Frida
★ 7.42002
MovieDramaRomance
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
Crossing the DesertCrossing the Desert · 2012
Crossing the Desert
★ 4.02012
Movie
Victor, a successful and well-respected businessman, is obsessed by the legend that an indigenous woman told him when he was a child. Victor lives a conventional life with a family that knows and complains about his constant infidelities. When the woman is dying, she sends for Victor and her son Jose Francisco, who is working as his chauffeur. They both answer the summons. Their lives take an unexpected turn.
Xico's JourneyXico's Journey · 2020
Xico's Journey
★ 6.62020
MovieAnimationFamily
The peace of a small town is endangered when a corporation wants to destroy the mountain that protects them. A girl named Copi and her best friend Xico, a Xoloitzcuintle dog, will go into the mountains to try to save the town.
Lila Downs - Lotería CantadaLila Downs - Lotería Cantada · 2007
Lila Downs - Lotería Cantada
★ 8.52007
MovieMusicDocumentary
River of FundamentRiver of Fundament · 2014
River of Fundament
★ 5.92014
MovieDramaFantasy
Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings. In collaboration with composer Jonathan Bepler, Barney combines traditional modes of narrative cinema with filmed elements of performance, sculpture, and opera, reconstructing Mailer’s hypersexual story of Egyptian gods and the seven stages of reincarnation, alongside the rise and fall of the American car industry.
Natalia Lafourcade - Mujer Divina (Homenaje A Agustín Lara)Natalia Lafourcade - Mujer Divina (Homenaje A Agustín Lara) · 2012
Natalia Lafourcade - Mujer Divina (Homenaje A Agustín Lara)
★ 9.02012
MovieMusic
MatriaMatria · 2014
Matria
★ 7.02014
MovieDocumentary
My grandfather fought alongside Pancho Villa, became Master Mason, was an elected official who represented Oaxaca three times, and president of the national Association of Cattle Hands. In 1942, he formed the Legion of Mexican Fighters, a group of 100,000 cattle hands training to repel a possible Nazi invasion in Mexico. His story of success, however, held a secret that affected my family, and that I discovered while making this documentary.

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