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2020 | Color | 40:00

I left my home in Ñuu Savi when I was 15 years old, going on to explore worlds that were different from my own. After I began to train as a documentary filmmaker, I grew interested in learning my family’s language, which I was forbidden to speak as a child. By the time I return, my father has passed away, and his language with him. In this documentary, I search for Tu’un Savi through its speakers.


Country: México
Direction: López España; Uriel
Script: López España; Uriel
Production: López España; Uriel
Photography: Rodríguez; Rodrigo, López España; Uriel, Ramos; Pablo
Sound: López España; Uriel
Music: Cayetano; Alejandro, Du'n du, Arámburu; David
Participation year at FICM: 2020

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