Agua Santa
Season 1 Episode 9 - Mezcal San Lorenzo De Albarradas: Resistance
Meet the ilimited momentum of Don Alberto, Mezcal-making master who, moved by his love for his land and the courage to forge a future for himself, builds his own palenque.
Subtitles: English
Directed by:Jonathan Sarmiento
Season 1
S01:E01 - Pox: Holy Medicine
The Pox in San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, is a symbol of fraternity or agreement; ever since birth, marriage, or death, a swig of Pox is drunk as a sign of communion.
S01:E02 - Mezcal De Mitla: Place of the Dead
Leonel was raised by a family of Mezcal producer and inherited from his father the ancestral knowledge, the tradition, and the love for making this spirituous beverage.
S01:E03 - Raicilla De La Costa: The Sighting
Don Tino, Jorge's father, starts to make Raicilla without any knowledge other than what his father-in-law once told him. His efforts turned him into a master Raicilla distiller.
S01:E04 - Bacanora: The Forbidden Elixir
With more than 300 years of antiquity at the time, in 1915, carrancista governor, general Plutarco Elías Calles, prohibited the manufacturing and commercialization of Bacanora.
S01:E05 - Raicilla De La Sierra: The Queen
Don Julio emigrates alone to the United States in search of opportunities for his family, but an unexpected illness has him go back to his hometown with depleted health.
S01:E06 - Sotol: The Treasure
The path of Gerardo Ruelas wasn't easy. He grew up at his father's vinata and absorbed all his knowledge; his progenitor's death and the difficulties of being a single father.
S01:E07 - Mezcal Matatlán: Ceremonial Tonic
Asís Cortés, the descendant of great mezcal-making masters, lived through the decline of Mezcal caused by the so-called "conejeros" (adultered Mezcal vendors).
S01:E08 - Tequila: The Rescue
The brothers Santiago and Mariano Orendain, descendants of the first tequila families, seek to rescue this spirit, since industrialization has put an end to its natural processes.
S01:E09 - Mezcal San Lorenzo De Albarradas: Resistance
Meet the ilimited momentum of Don Alberto, Mezcal-making master who, moved by his love for his land and the courage to forge a future for himself, builds his own palenque.
S01:E10 - Sotol Y Mezcal Durango: The Union
Lovers of Mexican distillates and it's culture, Alejandro Rossbach and his brother Christian accomplish their dream of producing Mezcal and Sotol in the land of Durango.
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