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NEW DOCUMENTARIES FROM MEXICO: TOTE / ABUELO

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CONVERSATORIO: EN ESTA FAMILIA

Para este evento, las realizadoras de los documentales Tote_AbueloMaría Sojob, y Yolik (Despacio)Epifanía Martínez, conversan con Concepcíon Suárez, especialista en género y pueblos originarios. En ambas obras puede sentirse el amor, la dureza, y la persistencia de lo femenino, a veces por ausencia, a veces por estar a la sombra del machismo, a veces por resiliencia. En dos entornos étnicos distantes, y desde el espacio íntimo, conocemos al abuelo artesano de María, y la tía abuela de Epifanía, sembradora de ajos que vive despacio. Su presencia y sus palabras nos conectan con cosmovisiones milenarias, donde la familia y el afecto tienen mucho para enseñarnos.

Programación y moderación: María Inés Roqué.

Este conversatorio es en Español / This conversation is in Spanish


While braiding her daughter’s hair, Maria thinks of Tote, her only living grandparent, who is now going blind. She decides to visit him at his ranch to get to know him, and herself, better by learning about his history while contemplating the sunlight through the trees. In the process of weaving a traditional hat, she will seek to weave a relationship with him, hoping to create an ancestral connection with nature and her own roots. Maybe that will be part of the path towards reconciliation with herself and the offering of a more serene love to her daughter.

Film in Tsotsil & Spanish with English subtitles

This program is presented in collaboration with Cinema Tropical  the CUNY Mexican Studies Institute and NYU Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

  • Year
    2018
  • Runtime
    80 minutes
  • Country
    Mexico
  • Director
    María Sojob
  • Screenwriter
    María Sojob
  • Producer
    Daniela Contreras
  • Executive Producer
    Terra Nostra Films and FOPROCINE/IMCINE
  • Cinematographer
    José Alfredo Jiménez
  • Editor
    Nicolas Défossé
  • Sound Design
    Guillaume Mollet