rope Archives

In rural Mexico, where there’s a will, there’s a well (video)

January 13, 2016 by COMIC SAENZ

A bomba de mecate is a rope pump for water wells. In San Miguel del Valle, Díaz Ordaz, Oaxaca, Mexico, you can build one if you know how. Maybe! 😉

Here’s how you do it, at least according to YouTube:

Mas…In rural Mexico, where there’s a will, there’s a well (video)

‘How Tequila Is Made,’ ‘Maguey, Plant of 1000 Uses’ (videos)

July 24, 2014July 24, 2014 by Mack Reed

Tequila — real tequila — can only be made from the blue agave. This short British documentary explains the process.

But wait, there’s more. How about the 1952 Ralph Adams documentary Maguey: Plant of a Thousand Uses:

Mas…‘How Tequila Is Made,’ ‘Maguey, Plant of 1000 Uses’ (videos)

Mexican immigrants wash Chicago’s glass houses in ‘Paraíso’ (video)

March 9, 2014March 7, 2014 by COMIC SAENZ

Dangling from ropes on the sides of Chicago’s tallest skyscrapers, a crew of immigrant Mexican window washers faces death every working day. That’s why they embrace life. They’re both Paradise (Paraíso.) [Spanish with English subtitles.]