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Ajá
2022 | B/N | 05:34

Ajá in Oaxaca´s chontal language means water. This essay makes an exploration and reinterpretation of the chontal people’s mystic ceremony of rain pleading. We offer this audiovisual to Simitrio, my uncle, curandero (medicine man), musician and prayer, who recently passed away. He alongside Martin, prayer and spiritual bearer, guide us with his narration.


Country: México
Direction: López Sosa; Dennis Noel
Script: López Sosa; Dennis Noel
Production: López Sosa; Dennis Noel, Vargas; Víctor, Romero; Fausto, Álvarez; Mauricio
Photography: López Sosa; Dennis Noel, Dávila; Salvador, Hernández; Hugo
Sound: López Sosa; Dennis Noel, Hernández; Hugo, Fragoso; Karla
Music: López Sosa; Dennis Noel, Vargas; Víctor, Romero; Fausto, Álvarez; Mauricio
Cast:Méndez Santiago; Simitrio, González Espinoza; Martín
Participation year at FICM: 2023

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