Preceded by short:The Three Deaths of Lupe Velez (Ximena Cuevas, 1984-97). In this "antiqued" period piece, the morbid star travels to Hollywood, Guanajuato, and Barcelona, seeking her own death. (5:30 mins)Looking south, from this side of the border, we imagine journeys north to be inspired by visions of affluence and luxury. In these two works from Mexico, something quite different is afoot. Leaving Mexico City, site of the former Aztec capital, Gregorio Rocha travels through a mythic landscape in search of Aztlan, his ancestral home. The Arrow (La Flecha, 35 mins(corr: 31 mins)) is a cabalistic road trip north, filled with disappointing discoveries and inner revelations. Somehow even this journey to the beginnings of Mexican culture finds itself stymied at la frontera. Sarah Minter's Alma Punk (56 mins) portrays the fictional dilemmas of an urban grrrl, placing her story in the real punk underground of Mexico City. Using an unvarnished style and non-actors, Minter charges this tale of spirited struggle with authenticity. Alma is on the skids: her rent is due, her amours are noncommittal. A women's theater collective temporarily quells her anxieties about the future. But Alma is drawn north, not to images of the leisurely suburbs, but to the dark haunts of America's counterculture.-Steve Seid