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2006 | Color | 67 min

In northern Oaxaca along the border with Veracruz, La Chinantla is the most important populated jungle region in Mexico, and yet it is also one of the least explored. A living portrait of the indigenous inhabitants of La Chinantla and their circumstances from the colonial period to the present.


Country: México
Direction: Pérez Montfort; Ricardo, de Teresa Ochoa; Ana Paula
Script: Pérez Montfort; Ricardo, de Teresa Ochoa; Ana Paula, Gerber Bicecci; Alejandro
Production: de Teresa Ochoa; Ana Paula, Pérez Montfort; Ricardo, García de Teresa; Marcos
Photography: María Garibay; Ricardo, Monteforte; Guillermo, Santamaría; Rodolfo, Gerber Bicecci; Alejandro, Belver; Marc, Herrera; Eduardo
Sound: Flores; Pablo
Music: Pérez Montfort; Ricardo
Participation year at FICM: 2006

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