The Amazonas de Yaxunah

2024 | Color | 52:00

Twenty-six Maya women from the town of Yaxcabá, in Yucatán, Mexico, overcame the prevailing machismo in their families and community to form a softball team: the Amazonas of Yaxunah.

Country: México
Direction: Algara; Alfonso
Script: Carrera; Tlatoani
Production: Coletti; Gustavo, Lazarus; Craig T., Morales; José, Rolón; Freddy
Photography: Schneider; Simon, Abrego; Ernesto, Rosales; Ana Verónica
Sound: González Salinas; Emmanuel
Music: Hunabi
Cast:Yalitza Aparicio (narración)
Participation year at FICM: 2024

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