Watsonville Film Festival 2022

Shorts: La Lucha Continúa / The Struggle Continues

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In Mexico, a country where indigenous people are increasingly displaced and discriminated against, Lupita, a survivor of one of the worst massacres in the country’s history, finds her voice in a movement led by indigenous women. The film intimately follows Lupita, a Tzotzil Maya woman, as she takes on the responsibility to be the spokeswoman of her people. Part lyrical testimony, part tribute to 500 years of indigenous resistance, this film mediates the point-of-view of a brave woman who must balance the demands of motherhood with her high stakes choices to reeducate and restore justice to the world.


En un país donde los indígenas son cada vez más  desplazados, sus tierras son robadas, donde los estudiantes desaparecen sin dejar rastro después de que son detenidos por la policía, y los periodistas son asesinados a un ritmo alarmante, emerge una nueva voz valiente. Lupita, una sobreviviente de la masacre maya Tzotzil, quien está al frente de un nuevo movimiento de mujeres indígenas.

  • Year
    2019
  • Runtime
    21 minutes
  • Language
    Spanish, Tzotzil
  • Country
    Mexico
  • Note
    Subtitles in English
  • Director
    Monica Wise Robles
  • Producer
    Eduardo Gutiérrez Pérez, Monica Wise Robles, Morena Pérez Joachin
  • Cast
    Lupita y el pueblo de Acteal
  • Cinematographer
    Monica Wise Robles & Eduardo Gutiérrez Pérez
  • Editor
    Mar Jardiel
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