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"Axuni Atari/Deer Hunter"

"Axuni Atari/Deer Hunter"Axuni Atari/Hunter of Deer
(2006, 11 min.) MEXICO
Director: Raúl Máximo Cortés (Purépecha)
In P'urhepecha with English subtitles.

This film explores the unbroken link between past and present in the P’urepecha tradition that holds the deer in a place of respect, a sacred animal considered to be “food of the gods.”

Image credit: Axuni Atari/Deer Hunter; Axuni Atari/Deer Hunter

Raúl Máximo Cortés

2009 Native American Film and Video Festival - US premiere
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