2008 | Color | 57 min Re-encounters is a documentary that chronicles the personal experience of Oaxacan artist Alejandro Santiago. After more than a decade living abroad, Santiago returned to the Zapotec Sierra seeking the village of his childhood. Instead, he found abandoned houses, empty streets, and deserted farm fields. He felt that his community, his culture, and his home were all lost. Santiago's sense of emptiness drove him to search for answers in his art. His current project, 2501 Migrants, expresses his response. a symbolic community of life-size clay sculptures in homage to those who left. Re-encounters tells his story and the stories of countless others. Country: México, Estados Unidos Direction: Cruz; Yolanda Script: Cruz; Yolanda Production: I. Cruz; Carlos Photography: Simmons; Johnny Participation year at FICM: 2008
2008 | Color | 57 min Re-encounters is a documentary that chronicles the personal experience of Oaxacan artist Alejandro Santiago. After more than a decade living abroad, Santiago returned to the Zapotec Sierra seeking the village of his childhood. Instead, he found abandoned houses, empty streets, and deserted farm fields. He felt that his community, his culture, and his home were all lost. Santiago's sense of emptiness drove him to search for answers in his art. His current project, 2501 Migrants, expresses his response. a symbolic community of life-size clay sculptures in homage to those who left. Re-encounters tells his story and the stories of countless others. Country: México, Estados Unidos Direction: Cruz; Yolanda Script: Cruz; Yolanda Production: I. Cruz; Carlos Photography: Simmons; Johnny Participation year at FICM: 2008
La raya When a refrigerator magically appears out of nowhere in the small, forgotten village of La Raya, Sotera seizes it as a business opportunity and attempts to sell it with her friend Erick. However, the fridge is more than it seems, and soon starts revealing mysterious apparitions to the townsfolk. Meanwhile, Sotera’s dream of joining her mother in the US faces a reality check, and she must decide whether she is ready to leave La Raya, after all. See More
Hope, Soledad Two women at an emotional crossroads meet by chance on a pilgrimage to Juquila, Oax. Hope, a college student, tries to find a sense of self in her mother’s land after being displaced from her home in the U.S. Soledad struggles to free herself from the ghost of her deceased lover and end her relationship with a husband who lives in the U.S. Together, the two women walk in communion with local pilgrims as they seek to ease their personal suffering. See More
Silveria's Lessons This is the story of a Zapotec girl who pays a price for her mischief. Filmed on Zapotec land, this short film takes the audience into the lives of a traditional native community and shows how some childhood antics are universal. See More
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