Who is El Uyuyuy in Naco Es Chido?

Sergio Arau plays El Uyuyuy in the film.

What is Naco Es Chido about?

Los Angeles Premiere! NACO ES CHIDO, 2010, Art Naco Films, 90 min. In this inventive mockumentary, director Sergio Arau (A DAY WITHOUT A MEXICAN) revisits his old musical group Botellita de Jerez, pioneers of “guacarock” in the 1980s. The band’s blend of blues, cumbia, punk and performance art has proven highly influential (Botellita’s disciples include La Maldita Vecindad and Café Tacuba), and their sharp sense of humor is put to fine use here. A crazy quilt of music, comedy and Mexican culture, NACO ES CHIDO stitches together actual footage from the band’s heyday and interviews with other music stars with a fictitious storyline about a rediscovered recording that sparks a reunion of the now down-on-their-luck group members. In Spanish with English subtitles. Discussion following with director Sergio Arau.

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Who directed Naco Es Chido?: Sergio Arau

Who is El Uyuyuy in Naco Es Chido?: Sergio Arau plays El Uyuyuy in the film.

What is Naco Es Chido about?: Los Angeles Premiere! NACO ES CHIDO, 2010, Art Naco Films, 90 min. In this inventive mockumentary, director Sergio Arau (A DAY WITHOUT A MEXICAN) revisits his old musical group Botellita de Jerez, pioneers of “guacarock” in the 1980s. The band’s blend of blues, cumbia, punk and performance art has proven highly influential (Botellita’s disciples include La Maldita Vecindad and Café Tacuba), and their sharp sense of humor is put to fine use here. A crazy quilt of music, comedy and Mexican culture, NACO ES CHIDO stitches together actual footage from the band’s heyday and interviews with other music stars with a fictitious storyline about a rediscovered recording that sparks a reunion of the now down-on-their-luck group members. In Spanish with English subtitles.

Discussion following with director Sergio Arau.