Fistful of Love

Shot largely over 1996 and 1997, Fistful of Love is the debut feature of the Mexico-born, Los Angeles-based photographer Rivera—currently the subject of a first solo museum exhibition at MoMA PS1—and makes extensive use of his immense personal archive of Hi8 tapes. Vignettes from Rivera’s life in both Mexico and California—including raucous parties, punk clubs, drag performances, political protests, intimate moments with artist friends, family, and more—are elegantly edited together in a nonlinear fashion by filmmaker Pablo Bujosa Rodríguez, to present a nostalgia-free look back at the late ’90s, and the characters, music, and cities that make up a life.