J.M. Cravioto Talks Capturing the Mexican Woodstock in ‘Wheels, Weed & Rock n’ Roll,’ Announces First Feature Film in Spain ‘The Kiss of the Vampire’ (Exclusive)

Growing up, filmmaker J.M Cravioto kept hearing tales of the infamous Festival de Avándaro, also known as the Mexican Woodstock. Set over a weekend in September of 1971, the music festival on the shores of Lake Avándaro originally scheduled 12 bands to perform, but ended up with 18 acts and hundreds of thousands of concertgoers over its original attendance estimation. The result was pure chaos, with the government asking those who captured it on film to delete all proof of its existence.

Looking to repackage the mythology of the festival for a new generation, Cravioto made “Wheels, Weed & Rock n’ Roll: The Legend of the Mexican Woodstock.” The mockumentary trails the creative process behind the festival and the madness of the event itself, tapping into the comedy of similarly-toned offerings like “The Office” and “This is Spinal Tap” to unveil how what was supposed to be a car race with a few bands…