Documentary filmmaker Bernardo Ruiz came to Mason Wednesday night to screen his documentary Reportero and answer the questions of the student body.

Since its original air date — Jan. 7 on PBS — Reportero has been screened in various continents. It has also already screened 13 times in Mexico. Of course, Ruiz is aware of the danger in airing such a film in Mexico, amongst the drug cartels.

Ruiz’s film documents the personal journey of a Mexican journalist, Sergio Haro, and the newspaper he works for amidst the dangers of Mexican drug cartel news coverage.

“I love when I can go back-and-forth between an individual story and one with context,” Ruiz explained to Mason students. Reportero bounces between the story of Haro and the dangers of a Mexican journalist in general.

“What we need is deeper, more critical news coverage,” Ruiz said. His goal in creating the documentary was to get the issue of the drug cartels out into the general public.

Mason Hall’s Meese Conference Room was full Wednesday night for the screening of “Reportero”

Number of people murdered in Mexico since 2006: Over 70,000

Current Number of journalists murdered in Mexico: 50