Cowboy hats, jeans, a lot of alcohol and bull riding combine into a special mix of hypermasculine rituals at Mexican rodeo shows. But underneath also lies hidden queer desire, as we find out in Jaripeo, a film that world premiered at Sundance and now screens at the 23rd edition of the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, CPH:DOX.
Co-directors Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig mix cinema vérité, Super 8 footage, and stylized scenes into a cocktail where machismo and queerness come together.
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“We meet macho cowboys who have come out of the closet and a flamboyant diva who effortlessly takes the bull by the horns,” notes the CPH:DOX website, calling Jaripeo “a sensual exploration of performative masculinity, secret desires, and the longings that breathe beneath the surface of a rodeo show.”
Cinematography for the film was handled by Josué Eber Morales and Gerardo Guerra, editing by
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