The emo trend is popular with teens in Mexico

(2 Jun 2008)

Mexico City - 30th May, 2008
1. Jessica Aguirre, 17 year old emo, doing her hair up
2. Close-up of Jessica backcombing her hair
3. Close-up of Jessica as she puts lip gloss on
4. Jessica putting lip gloss on
5. SOUNDBITE, (Spanish) Jessica Aguirre, 17 year old emo:
"I am an emo, and I have been through loneliness and sadness, yet I do not cut myself. So, it's an individual decision as some emos hurt themselves, however it does not mean that all the emos cut themselves."

6. Various of Jessica picking out an outfit
7. Wide of Glorieta de los Insurgentes square, filled with emos attending a concert
8. Emos at the concert
9. Various of emos outside subway station near the square
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Hector Castillo Berthier, expert in youth groups from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM):
"Since the emos are a very recent group and are very young, they lack history. The emo movement is a trend that is becoming an urban tribe, or even might be a youth movement."

11. Various of Paola Cuevas, 17 year old emo girl, and her mother helping her with her hair
12. Various of CD being used as a hair clip
13. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Paola Cuevas, 17 year old emo
"What's our style? How do we dress? We wear slim fit pants, tennis shoes like vans or converse. We do not wear black all the time and also wear other colours. We use hair with a lot of crepe (strong hair gel and extensions) and bangs (fringe) ."

14. Various of Angel Fernandez, 16 year old emo, sitting in front of his computer
15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Angel Fernandez, 16 year old emo:
"We, as emos, can adapt ourselves better to our own feelings. If we are sad we express it; if we are happy we express it just the way we are."

16. Various of emos Jessica, Paola, and Angel walking down a neighbourhood street
17. Javier Vila, Psychologist expert in teenagers and Psychology Professor at the UNAM pressing a T-shirt
18. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Javier Vila, Psychology professor at the UNAM:
"Every young person, in general, is in need of an identity. A young person, a teenager looks to belong to a group, a group formed by similar individuals."

19. Various of Diana del Valle and Diana Arias, two 16 year old emo girls, shopping for a tiara at an accessories store
20. Diana del Valle taking a picture of her friend wearing the tiara
21. Various of Diana del Valle doing her make-up and painting a star on her cheek in the store
22. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Diana del Valle, 16 year old emo:
"The hair bangs (fringe) mean that we lack interest. The bangs cover our face, it is a barrier between your feelings and every one else. It is a sign of indifference."

23. Various of Diana Arias doing her hair in the store
24. Close-up of her wrist and pointing out the scars of her self-inflected cuts
25. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Diana Arias, 16 year old emo:
"I used to cut myself. I did it not for sadness but for anger. As a way to take out the anger when my parents scolded me. I used a sharpener knife to easily cut my wrists."

26. Various of Victor Morales, Director of Complaints and Orientation from Human Rights Commission of Mexico City
27. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Victor Morales, Director of Complaints and Orientation from Human Rights Commission of Mexico City :
"The emos have been threatened by other urban tribes this is because they are the weakest link, or because they are the youngest of the youth; also because they lack a territory. Emos are an easy prey as they are so young. Here reigns the culture of intolerance which permeates every social class and people from all ages."


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