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
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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