Bruce “Pacho” Lane
Filmography
- A Defender of His People
- A Journey to the Butterflies
- Along the Erie Canal
- Battle of the Guitars (With Alan Govenar)
- Carrousel Menagerie
- Cumbre Tajín
- Deep Ellum Blues (With Alan Governor)
- Democracia Indígena
- Inside Afghanistan
- Mezcal
- Muxes (Directed by Alejandra Islas)
- Narco-Mania!
- Pancho Villa
- Peace Corps: Colombia One
- Stoney Knows How (With Alan Govenar & Les Blank)
- The Black Tulip
- The Eagle’s Children
- The Language of the Seeds
- The New Mexico Chile Film
- The Tree Of Knowledge
- The Tree of Life
- Viva Mi Tierra Caliente
- Warriors of the Sun
Biography
Bruce “Pacho” Lane is a visual anthropologist. Pacho was a volunteer in the first Peace Corps group, Colombia One, from 1961-63. He has traveled widely in Latin America, Europe, and Asia, and is fluent in six languages. He has taught at five universities, including RIT, and is an emeritus professor at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos in Cuernavaca. Mexico. His production company, Ethnoscope Film & Video, produces and distributes documentary films about Traditional & Popular Cultures and the Spirit that inspires them. Lane has directed 15 documentaries, and was the only Westerner to film in Afghanistan during the Soviet intervention. He has focused primarily on Mexican indigenous culture, and 8 of his films are about Mexican Indians. His most recent film. “Warriors of the Sun”, is about the revival of the 2500-year-old ritual of Los Voladores (the Flyers).