How I Made It: Rodrigo Reyes and 499
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On August 13, 1521, a few hundred Spanish conquistadors, led by Hernan Cort\\xe9s, declared the fall of the Aztec Empire. On the 500-year anniversary of that invasion, director Rodrigo Reyes presents 499, a film \\u2014part documentary, part fiction\\u2014 that explores the violent legacy of the Spanish conquest.
\\n\\nIn 499, an anonymous conquistador is shipwrecked on the shores of present-day Mexico. After discovering that he is in the 21st century, this ghostly figure starts to retrace the steps he walked five centuries before\\u2014only now he is forced to witness the brutal consequences of hundreds of years of colonialism.
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