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Amazon Prime Video and La Corriente del Golfo, Diego Luna y Gael García Bernal's production company, announce their first collaboration: Pan y Circo (Bread & Circus). The Amazon Original series presents an innovative and rarely seen format: using the ritual of sharing a meal as a space to converse and bring together different points of view. The conversations, moderated by the Mexican actor and filmmaker Diego Luna, bring together politicians, activists and different personalities to approach fundamental issues of universal interest in contemporary societies, accompanied by menus from renowned chefs in Mexico.
Composed of seven episodes, the series travels through Baja California, Puebla, Quintana Roo and Mexico City, bringing a different topic to the table to discuss among the guests. Pan y Circo opens the conversation about controversial issues in an intimate and honest context, bringing together opposing points of view and positions that on several occasions end up in closer agreement.
The series’ themes include: gender violence and femicide; the climate crisis; the decriminalization of abortion; racism and identity; the legalization of drugs; immigration and finally, COVID-19 in a remote episode carried out while quarantining through various virtual interviews.
The voices that fuel the conversations include national policy makers, Nobel Laureates, film, music or literature professionals, women and men of science, and even an astronaut. All of them talk, discuss, fight and reconcile while sharing bread, wine and their own experiences. Among the guests featured in Pan y Circo are: Gael Garcia Bernal; the Interior Secretary of Mexico´s government, Olga Sánchez Cordero; Dr. Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion for the Government of Mexico; the former president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos; actor Ana de la Reguera; musician and activist Rubén Albarrán; singer Li Saumet; the Mixe soprano Maria Reyna; Bi-National Front of Indigenous Organizations activist, Odilia Romero; and defender of the environment, Julia Caravias, among others.
For their part, the chefs who feed the guests at the table in each of the episodes include: Enrique Olvera (Pujol), Elena Reygadas (Rosetta), Alexander Suastegui (Itinerant Chef), Javier Plascencia (Animalón), Jair Téllez (Merotoro) and Alejandra Barbabosa (Recaudo).
Pan y Circo was created by Diego Luna and produced by La Corriente del Golfo. Three episodes will premiere on Friday, August 7th, and each week, two additional episodes will be released. The series premieres exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories.
Canada, India, United Kingdom, United States, Latin America
Diego Luna
Spanish (Spain)
Amazon Prime Video, La Corriente del Golfo
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Show Description
Amazon Prime Video and La Corriente del Golfo, Diego Luna y Gael García Bernal's production company, announce their first collaboration: Pan y Circo (Bread & Circus). The Amazon Original series presents an innovative and rarely seen format: using the ritual of sharing a meal as a space to converse and bring together different points of view. The conversations, moderated by the Mexican actor and filmmaker Diego Luna, bring together politicians, activists and different personalities to approach fundamental issues of universal interest in contemporary societies, accompanied by menus from renowned chefs in Mexico.
Composed of seven episodes, the series travels through Baja California, Puebla, Quintana Roo and Mexico City, bringing a different topic to the table to discuss among the guests. Pan y Circo opens the conversation about controversial issues in an intimate and honest context, bringing together opposing points of view and positions that on several occasions end up in closer agreement.
The series’ themes include: gender violence and femicide; the climate crisis; the decriminalization of abortion; racism and identity; the legalization of drugs; immigration and finally, COVID-19 in a remote episode carried out while quarantining through various virtual interviews.
The voices that fuel the conversations include national policy makers, Nobel Laureates, film, music or literature professionals, women and men of science, and even an astronaut. All of them talk, discuss, fight and reconcile while sharing bread, wine and their own experiences. Among the guests featured in Pan y Circo are: Gael Garcia Bernal; the Interior Secretary of Mexico´s government, Olga Sánchez Cordero; Dr. Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion for the Government of Mexico; the former president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos; actor Ana de la Reguera; musician and activist Rubén Albarrán; singer Li Saumet; the Mixe soprano Maria Reyna; Bi-National Front of Indigenous Organizations activist, Odilia Romero; and defender of the environment, Julia Caravias, among others.
For their part, the chefs who feed the guests at the table in each of the episodes include: Enrique Olvera (Pujol), Elena Reygadas (Rosetta), Alexander Suastegui (Itinerant Chef), Javier Plascencia (Animalón), Jair Téllez (Merotoro) and Alejandra Barbabosa (Recaudo).
Pan y Circo was created by Diego Luna and produced by La Corriente del Golfo. Three episodes will premiere on Friday, August 7th, and each week, two additional episodes will be released. The series premieres exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories.
Episode Descriptions
101 - Chronicles Of The Pandemic. Covid-19 And It’s Consequences.
Chronicles of the pandemic. Covid-19 and its consequences seeks to be a conversation, in “Stay at Home” mode, about how Mexico is in the midst of the pandemic and what strategies we can build to get out of it. Diego Luna, from his house, cooks and talks with five guests about how the pandemic is an opportunity to place ourselves in a position that will allow us to build a better tomorrow. Moderated By: Diego Luna. Guests: Julia Carabias, Emiliano Monge, Jair Téllez, Samuel Ponce de León, Dapthne Cuevas.
Directed By: Gregory Allen
Air Date: August 07, 2020
102 - #NiUnaMás (#NotASingleOneMore). Gender Violence.
The Pan y Circo series presents "#NiUnaMás," where Diego Luna and chef Alexánder Suástegui set the table for diners to talk about the cultural and social causes that allow the normalization of violence. Also discussed, transformation actions in feminist revolutions and sharing that it is possible to think and imagine different forms of coexistence. Moderated By: Diego Luna. Guests: Andrea Medina Rosas, Marion Reimers, Dilcya Samantha García Espinosa de los Monteros, Dayra Fyah, Araceli Osorio Martínez, María Candelaria Ochoa. Featured Chef: Alexander Suástegui.
Directed By: Gregory Allen
Air Date: August 07, 2020
103 - Failures of Prohibitionism. Drug legalization.
The Pan y Circo series presents "War on Drugs," where Diego Luna together with chef Enrique Olvera talk with their guests about the effects of prohibitionist policies - the "war on drugs" - as well as the possibility of the legalization of marijuana and other approaches to the issue other than prohibitionism. Moderated By: Diego Luna. Guests: Zara Snapp, Dení Álvarez - Icaza González, Gael García Bernal, Juan Manuel Santos, Miguel Ángel, Osorio Chong. Featured Chef: Enrique Olvera.
Air Date: August 07, 2020
104 - The Future Is Now. Climate Change.
The series Pan y Circo presents "The Future Is Now," where Diego Luna together with chef Elena Reygadas set the table for diners to speak about the climate and environmental emergency. Voices that from Earth and even space have worked to change and save the world in the face of the climate emergency that we suffer. Is it possible to save Earth? Moderated By: Diego Luna. Guests: Julia Carabias, Rubén Albarrán, Li Saumet, Ninfa Salinas, José Hernández, Ruth Buendía. Featured Chef: Elena Reygadas.
Air Date: August 14, 2020
105 - My Body Is Mine. Interruption of Pregnancy.
The series Pan y Circo presents “My Body Is Mine,” where Diego Luna together with chef Alejandra Barbabosa set the table for the guests to expose the importance of recognizing the rights of women on the issue of termination of pregnancy. Opinions vary, but the question prevails as to why someone outside the woman's own body should interfere with it. Moderated By: Diego Luna. Guests: Olga Sánchez Cordero, Ana de la Reguera, Martha Lucía Micher, Nadine Flora Gasman Zylbermann, Fray Julián Cruzalta, Dapthne Cuevas Featured Chef: Alejandra Barbarosa.
Air Date: August 14, 2020
106 - No One Is Illegal. Round-Trip Migrants.
The series Pan y Circo presents "No One Is Illegal," where Diego Luna together with chef Javier Plascencia set the table for diners to talk about migration, social and political conflicts, as well as the dangers involved in this phenomenon. Why do people leave their place of origin and what do they find in the places where they arrive? Moderated By: Diego Luna. Guests: Odilia Romero, Arturo Sarukhán Casamitjana, Carlos Martínez, D´Abuisson, Marisoul Hernández, Jesús Alberto Capella Ibarra, Irma Alicia Mendoza Soto. Featured Chef: Javier Plascencia.
Air Date: August 21, 2020
107 - Look At Ourselves In The Mirror. Identity and Racism.
The Pan y Circo series presents “Mirarnos al Mirror,” where Diego Luna together with chef Jahir Tellez set the table for diners to talk about racism, colonialism and identity. Three words that separately cause disagreements but, once verbalized, aspire to generate possibilities for dialogue. Integration or autonomy? A table where diversity is the norm. Moderated By: Diego Luna. Guests: Yásnaya Aguilar, Pedro Cayuqueo, María Reyna González López, Rogelio Jiménez Pons, Eduardo López Moreno, Eugenia Iturriaga. Featured Chef: Jair Téllez.
Air Date: August 21, 2020
