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2004 | Color | 23 min

The Wisdom of Indigenous Midwives in the Highlands of Chiapas shows us a group of women who salvage their knowledge of traditional medicine. This is an educational and promotional film that revitalizes the medicinal practices of an ancient tradition, practices that inform, compete, and complement modern allopathic medicine.


Country: México
Direction: Ico Bautista; Pedro Agripino
Participation year at FICM: 2008

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