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Films
7 Films
Region
“Central America”
x
Series
“0”
x
films with a digital version
4
films hosted on Kanopy
2
short films
3
films available on demand
2
Region
Central America
7
x
North America
1
Country
Mexico
7
United States
1
Keywords
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
2
Children / Young people
1
Elderly people
1
Family / Kinship
1
Food
1
Forensic
1
Gender Role and Identity
1
History
1
Indigenous Filmmaking
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
2
Intergenerational relations
1
Labour
2
Linguistics / Language
1
Love
1
Material Culture
1
Memory
2
Migration
1
Political Activists
1
Prison
1
Reflexivity
1
Directors
Arcé, Adrian
1
Brown, David
1
Dreiss, Meredith
1
Engelbrecht, Beate
1
Hennies, Jan-Holger
1
Huffschmid, Anne
1
Lane, Bruce Pacho
1
Moore, Allen
1
Sojob, María
1
Werner, Louis
1
Zirión, Antonio
1
Series
not set
7
x
Country of production
Germany
1
Mexico
3
United States
3
not set
1
Year of production
1996
1
2000
1
2001
1
2013
1
2014
1
2019
2
Film list
Agave is Life
2014
59
‘
Directed by
Meredith Dreiss
David Brown
.
Agave is Life is a documentary film about mankind’s 10,000 year-long symbiotic alliance with the marvelous agave plant, from which tequila, Mexico’s iconic distilled spirit, is derived. The
Central America
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
Food
History
Copperworking in Santa Clara del Cobra, Michoacán, Mexico – Artisans Facing Change
2001
52
‘
Directed by
Beate Engelbrecht
.
Santa Clara del Cobre, a village in Mexico’s province Michoacán, is well-known for its copperwork, a craft originating from pre-Spanish times. In the late 1940s the people of Santa Clara tried to
Central America
Material Culture
Labour
Art / Artists / Artisans
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
Out of Focus
2013
37
‘
Directed by
Adrian Arcé
Antonio Zirión
.
This is a collaborative documentary about arts, culture and everyday life inside a prison for minors. It was shot during a photography and video workshop with young inmates at the Juvenile Community
Central America
Children / Young people
Prison
Art / Artists / Artisans
Reflexivity
Persistence
2019
54
‘
Main Competition
Directed by
Anne Huffschmid
Jan-Holger Hennies
.
Human bodies don’t simply disappear. They were kidnapped, buried, broken into pieces. But they are also searched for, recovered and if forensic experts achieve the unlikely, reconstructed as
Central America
Forensic
Memory
A Sheepherder’s Homecoming
1996
40
‘
Directed by
Allen Moore
Louis Werner
.
This film documents a migrant worker’s experiences as a herder on a Nevada sheep ranch who then returns to his family in Mexico after a long absence to renew ties and find a job at home. It
North America
Central America
Migration
Labour
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