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2020 | Color | 27:00

We are Nivi Savi, rain people, Mixtecs: a people that disperses like clouds and returns to earth every year to help the memory of their ancestors flourish.


Country: México
Direction: Rojas Sánchez; Nicolás
Script: Rojas Sánchez; Nicolás
Production: Rojas; Nicolás, Baeza; Erik, Casasola; Casandra
Photography: Rojas; Nicolás, Casasola; Casandra
Sound: Ramírez Mendieta; Karla
Participation year at FICM: 2020

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