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Circo: From the Big Top to the Silver Screen

In this video update to the Independent Lens documentary, Circo, we learn that Ivonne agreed to return to the family circus on one condition: that they break away from her husband Tino's parents and form their own circus. Here, the Ponce family attends the premiere of the film at the Morelia International Film Festival.

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