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Audience at "Club Red Radio"

"La Pequeña Semilla en el Asfalto/The Little Seed in the Asphalt"La Pequeña Semilla en el Asfalto/
The Little Seed in the Asphalt

(2009, 77 min.) MEXICO
Director: Pedro Daniel López (Tzotzil)
In Tzotzil and Spanish with English subtitles.

Four young Indian people have taken their lives in their hands, leaving their villages to seek an education in the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. This intimate investigation of indigeneity in an alien environment reveals their courage and hope.

Image credit: Audience at Club Red Radio, 2000 Native American Film and Video Festival - photograph by Amalia Córdova, NMAI; La Pequeña Semilla en el Asfalto/The Little Seed in the Asphalt - courtesy of the filmmaker

Pedro Daniel López

2011 At the Movies, NYC

2011 Native American Film + Video Festival

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