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2016 | Color | 11:10

For a long time the town of Cherán, Michoacán, was harassed by the cartel "la familia michoacana" which blackmailed the population and destroyed the surrounding forests. Armed with stones and sticks its inhabitants decided to banish crime all together, stop the illegal felling of trees and reforest their woods.


Direction: Andrade Juárez; Gastón
Script: Andrade Juárez; Gastón
Production: Romero; Ariana, Andrade Juárez; Gastón
Photography: Romero; Ariana
Sound: Andrade Juárez; Gastón
Participation year at FICM: 2016

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A tree is removed from its habitat and turned into the principal element of an indigenous tradition.

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