The Mule Pack Train
MovieTitle | La Recua |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Apr 1, 2021 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Darío Higuera Meza , Trudi Angell |
Production country | United States of America, Mexico |
Run time | 86 min. |
Darío Higuera Meza, a 70-year-old saddle maker in Baja California, traveled 200 miles in 20 days by muleback, herding a pack train of donkeys all the way to La Paz. Overcoming health issues, rattlesnakes, and hot days on dusty, forgotten trails, he and his family carried a load of goat cheese, dates, sugarcane candy, and wine. They made this journey to honor the memory of los arrieros de las recuas, the muleteers of Baja’s donkey pack trains.