Equidad de Género/Gender Equality
2009,
25
min.,
Guatemala
In Kaqchikel Maya and Spanish with English subtitles
Director: Fermina Chiyal Jiatz (Kaqchikel Maya)
Produced by: the Association of Mayan Women Communicators (NUTZIJ)
Distributed by:
Asociación de Mujeres Comunicadoras Mayas“NUTZIJ” - jjulajuj@yahoo.com
A Mayan woman raises her family while her husband works in New York. When he loses his job, she must take over as the family breadwinner in a climate of institutionalized racism and gender inequality. The latter, she finds, exists even within her own family.
Equidad de Género/Gender Equality - courtesy of the filmmaker