Videos and short movies

  • Day of the Dead: A celebration of life (6-minute video created by Google México explaining the significance of this celebration; in Spanish with English subtitles)
  • Día de los muertos animated short movie (3-minute CGI animated movie about a girl who celebrates her mother on Day of the Dead; no lines, just music and sound)
    • Comprehension slides and activities on animated short Día de los muertos
    • Compilation of reading activity, comprehension slides, questions, and picture collages on animated short Día de los muertos (page also has other general activities on Day of the Dead)
  • Danza de los muertos animated short movie (3-minute animated movie about a boy who celebrates his grandmother on Day of the Dead; no lines, just music and sound. It was a student’s senior project in college, which I think it pretty cool, even though the music is Spanish, not Mexican.
    • Compilation of reading activity, comprehension slides, and other activities on animated short Danza de los muertos
    • Kahoot! on animated short Danza de los muertos
  • Día de muertos animated short movie (4-minute animated movie about a grandmother who celebrates her grandchild on Day of the Dead; no lines, just music and sound. It’s a change from movies where children celebrate their elders)
  • Dante’s Lunch animated short movie (2-minute animated movie with Coco‘s Dante as the protagonist)