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2014 | Color | 42

Mëjk is a documentary that follows the happenstances in the life of Genaro, who, while teaching grade school in a Mixe community in Oaxaca, Mexico, learns something himself. 


Country: México, Francia
Direction: Pérez Rojas; Carlos
Production: Pérez Rojas; Carlos
Photography: Ascona Mora; Yovegami, Pérez Rojas; Carlos
Music: Banda Regional Mixe BRM, Banda Filarmónica de Tamazulápam, Conjunto Típico de Tamazulápam
Cast:Rojas Ramírez; Genaro
Participation year at FICM: 2014

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