Shit Saturday

Brawls with rockers, hair-spiking sessions, scavenging denim at the junkyard, joyrides, and mosh pits—it’s all in a day for the Mierdas Punk (Punk Shits), a youth gang in Ciudad Neza, Mexico City’s outer slum. Shot on gauzily grimy 16 mm, this short film by Gregorio Rocha (THE LOST REELS OF PANCHO VILLA) tracks the Mierdas across a single Saturday on the eave of Easter, leading up to a raucous punk show and a euphoric flight from the cops. Rocha and his partner, video artist Sarah Minter, invited the teens to collaborate on the script and deliver uninhibited performances as themselves, resulting in an exuberant expression of their flamboyant style and giddily nihilistic attitude.