The World In Red And Black is a film of 4 Oaxaca poets, made by Cannonball Statman in Spring 2026.

This is the original cut of the film, which was first screened at the 2026 New Orleans Poetry Festival in April. You can learn more about the story behind this film by reading this piece from A Poet in México.

Poetry written and read by Pergentino José Ruiz, Araceli Mancilla Zayas, Mark Statman, and Efraín Velasco.

Audio Engineer: Mark Statman.
Editor and Camera Operator: Cannonball Statman.

Music written and performed by Cannonball Statman (“Ya mudamos a zonas diferentes”) and Corporate Lullaby (“Dream No.2”).

Special thanks to: Instituto Nacional de Antopología e Historia
Conaculta, New Orleans Poetry Festival, Lavender Ink / Diálogos, and Aliform Publishing.