Eva Aridjis: Chuy, The Wolf Man

31 May 2024 7-10am

Eva Aridjis. Credit: Eva Aridjis

Overview

Jesus “Chuy" Aceves and a dozen living members of his extended family suffer from the very rare condition of congenital hypertrichosis, meaning they were born with excessive hair on their faces and bodies. Due to their appearance, they suffer from discrimination in all areas of their lives: the children are made fun of at school and abandoned by their 'non-hairy' parents, and the adults cannot find work unless they choose to exhibit themselves as freaks in circuses. This moving and visually arresting documentary is a portrait of Chuy and his family members. It examines their day-to-day lives and their struggle to find love, acceptance and employment.

Eva Aridjis Fuentes is an award-winning Mexican-American director and writer. She has made six feature-length films, including the narrative films The Favor and The Blue Eyes and the documentaries Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus, Children of the Street, La Santa Muerte and Chuy, The Wolf Man. Her films have screened at dozens of film festivals around the world including Sundance, Edinburgh, Los Angeles and Morelia. She taught Screenwriting at NYU Grad Film and was a writer on the series Narcos: Mexico. Her graphic novel Monarca was published by Harper Collins in 2022. 

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