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Juan José Garcia

Lhallchho/Our People
(2003, 27 min.) MEXICO
Director: Juan José García Ortiz (Zapotec)
Produced by: Ojo de Agua Comunicación
In Zapotec with English subtitles.

From a grandmother making tortillas at dawn to the communal observation of the Day of the Dead, this video lovingly portrays daily life in the Zapotec village of Santiago Zoochila in the mountains of northern Oaxaca.

Image credit: Juan José García - Photograph by Amalia Cordova, NMAI

Juan José García Ortiz

Mapping Mexican Media: Indigenous and Community Video and Radio

Native Views, DC

2003 Native American Film and Video Festival

Video México Indígena/Video Native Mexico
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