When the Almond Tree Blooms

Around this time last year I got sick. Ok, I admit, I wasn't really that sick. It was more that I hadn't taken enough time off from work during the past few months, my body was tired, and I was completely lost at my job. Zocalo, Cuidad de Mexico, January 2016 The timing for those days at home couldn't have been better. Not long after I became "ill", I saw a post from Remezcla on Facebook about streaming movies from the Morelia International Film festival for free.  I followed the link and as soon as I began watching the first film, I knew I had found something really good. In the company of a distinguished film critic (Mr. Roco), I consumed many bowls of Chicken soup and cups of tea, and I watched nearly all of the 2016 offerings. Caldo de Pollo, Estilo Peru Last year's films remain vivid in my memory. There was El Charro del Toluquilla , which was about a Mariachi singer in Jalisco living with AIDS; another film was set in a village in Chia...