People of the Crimson Evening

2020 | Color | 31:00

Great Altar Desert, Mexico-US border. On one of the most dangerous and highly militarized borders in the world, the binational Tohono O’odham community, indigenous inhabitants of the desert, experience their everyday nomadism as a form of resistance against the multiple threats that assail them.

Country: México
Direction: Sepúlveda Martínez; Juan Manuel
Script: Sepúlveda Martínez; Juan Manuel
Production: González; Viana, Sepúlveda Martínez; Juan Manuel
Photography: Sepúlveda Martínez; Juan Manuel
Sound: Fernández; Pablo, Aguilar; Nicolás, Enríquez; José Miguel
Cast:Gaytán Chiquete; Aylín, Berver Ramírez; Briseyra Guadalupe, Mora Ramírez; Victoria, Gutiérrez Velasco; Lourdes Elena, Velasco León; Olga, Gutiérrez Velasco; Sergio, Berver Ramírez; Axel, Gutiérrez Velasco; Sebastián, Gaytán Chiquete; Daniel, Gutiérrez; Os
Participation year at FICM: 2020

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