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Films
7 Films
Region
“Central America”
x
Keywords
“Indigenous peoples First Nations peoples”
x
films with a digital version
4
films hosted on Kanopy
1
short films
4
films available on demand
1
Region
Central America
7
x
Country
Guatemala
2
Mexico
5
Keywords
Elderly people
1
Family / Kinship
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
Indigenous Filmmaking
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
7
x
Inter-religious relations
1
Intergenerational relations
1
Linguistics / Language
1
Love
1
Memory
1
Political Activists
1
Resistance
1
Shamans and Shamanism
1
Social Conflict
1
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
1
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
1
Directors
Flores, Carlos
1
Lane, Bruce Pacho
1
MacDonald, Bruce
1
Magaña, Jaime
1
Navarro Smith, Alejandra
1
Rivero Uicab, Carlos R.
1
Sojob, María
1
Series
Ambulante Beyond
2
Disappearing World Series
1
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
2
not set
2
Country of production
Mexico
4
United Kingdom
3
United States
1
Year of production
1987
1
1997
1
2000
2
2012
1
2013
1
2019
1
Film list
Cakchiquel Maya of San Antonio Palopó
1987
52
‘
Directed by
Bruce MacDonald
.
The documentary shows how Cakchiquel Maya of a village on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala adapted to changes that took place in the decades before the film was made, when the lake became a favoured spot
Central America
Tourism / Travel / Pilgrimage
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Campo 9
2013
25
‘
Directed by
Carlos R. Rivero Uicab
.
Carlos, the director of the documentary, worked for four years with Abraham and his family of Mennonites who have lived in the Campeche region for over a decade. Abraham mainly worked cutting down
Central America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Social Conflict
Inter-religious relations
Democracía Indígena
2000
39
‘
Directed by
Bruce Pacho Lane
.
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
Central America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Political Activists
Los Guardianes del Mayab
2012
34
‘
Directed by
Jaime Magaña
.
Luis Puc is a Yucatecan Mayan jmen (shaman). He dies and travels to the dimension of the seven heavens where he meets the báalam (guardians). Through them, he receives healing powers and wisdom,
Central America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Shamans and Shamanism
Rub’el Kurus
1997
45
‘
Directed by
Carlos Flores
.
During the 1980s the Guatemalan army launched ruthless counter-insurgency campaigns against indigenous communities, killing or displacing thousands. This film documents the struggle of a group of
Central America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
Scenes of Resistance
2000
30
‘
Directed by
Alejandra Navarro Smith
.
A series of portraits of life in a Zapatista indigenous community in Chiapas, Southern Mexico. This film invites us into the people’s everyday lives, and presents their own views of the fight against
Central America
Resistance
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
TOTE_Grandfather
2019
80
‘
Main Competition
Directed by
María Sojob
.
This film portrays an unexpected encounter between an old Tzotzil man, who is going blind, and his granddaughter, who does not remember her childhood well. The granddaughter, having grown up in the
Central America
Indigenous Filmmaking
Gender Role and Identity
Family / Kinship
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Elderly people
Love
Intergenerational relations
Linguistics / Language
Memory