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2000 / 39 minutes

Directed by
Bruce Pacho Lane
Country of production
Mexico United States

This film examines the indigenous rights revolution sweeping Mexico through the municipal elections in Huehuetla, Puebla. In 1989, the Huehuetla Totonacs formed the Organización Independiente Totonaca (OIT), and joined in an electoral alliance with the Partido de la Revolución Democratica (PRD). For ten years the OIT and the PRD carried out a non-violent revolution. The visible signs of this Totonac renaissance are the health clinics, schools, roads, drinking water and electricity. But the real change is in the new self-confidence and pride of the Totonacs themselves. The camera follows Cruz Garcia, an "expatriate" Totonac, as he returns to his community

Language and subtitles
Spanish with English Subtitles
Region
Central America
Country
Mexico
Keywords
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Political Activists