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2005 | Color | 40 min

This documentary centers on a territorial dispute between two Mixtec communities in the state of Oaxaca. By tracing the territorial conflict over time, it reveals a negligent state?s failure to pursue justice and demonstrates the deadly consequences of politicians intervening in the situation for their own benefit


Country: México
Direction: Díaz; Tonatiuh
Script: Espinoza Sauceda; Guadalupe, Díaz; Tonatiuh, López Bárcenas; Francisco
Production: López Bárcenas; Francisco
Photography: Díaz; Tonatiuh
Sound: Ortiz Coronel; Germán, Hipólito Morales; Severino
Music: Montoya; Virginia, De Yosotatu: Valentín Sarabía; Corrido
Participation year at FICM: 2006

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