From the Lake

2014 | Color | 24:44

This documentary, made by a collective, portrays characters and trades around Lake Pátzcuaro: a member of the Purépecha women’s choir in Santa Fe de la Laguna, a boating coach on Janitzio Island, a music teacher in San Andrés, and a fisherman in San Jerónimo. The film resulted from the Imágenes Vivas 2 film workshop that was held in July 2014 in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán.

Country: México
Direction: Colectivo Imagenes Vivas
Script: Colectivo Imagenes Vivas
Production: Colectivo Imagenes Vivas
Photography: Colectivo Imagenes Vivas
Sound: Colectivo Imagenes Vivas
Music: Torres Sánchez; Ramiro, Orquesta “Los Hijos del Lago”
Cast:Bautista; Marcos Iván Gabriel, Alcantar Flores; María del Carmen, Ramos León; Duria, Calderón Ramos; María Guadalupe Yadira, Dimas Huacuz; Marta Elena, Tovar; Gil, Ramírez Huacuz; Joel, Máximo Cortes; Isabel, Cuiriz Fabián; Hugo, Ramírez Medina; Alicia
Art direction: Colectivo Imagenes Vivas
Participation year at FICM: 2015

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