Date: September 22nd, 2023 | 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Where: The Centre for Advanced Wood Processing
Case Room – 2916 | Forest Sciences Centre | 2424 Main Mall
This event is free to attend but space is limited so please register ASAP.
Name: Liremu barana
Length: 10 minutes
Language: Garifuna
Director: Elvis Caj
Indigenous Director: Yes
Female Director: No
Country: Guatemala
Nation: Garífuna
Year: 2018
Genre: Fiction
Synopsis:
Arisa dances day and night to songs that speak to the struggles of her people and her ancestors. Music and memory form a lyrical meditation on femininity, identity, and belonging in a Garifuna community in Guatemala.
Name: Jisk’a Pacha (Pequeño Tiempo)
Length: 7 minutes
Language: Aymara
Director: Jhonny Marino
Indigenous Director: Yes
Female Director: No
Country: Bolivia
Nation: Aymara
Year: 2020
Genre: Fiction
Synopsis:
Gregorio Marino, an Aymara Indigenous man, will transmit his knowledge to us through his language to reflect the wildlife of the Bolivian highlands.
Name: La espera
Length: 11 minutes
Language: Spanish-Purepecha
Director: Celina Manuel
Indigenous Director: Yes
Female Director: Yes
Country: México
Nation: Purépecha
Year: 2020
Genre: Fiction
Synopsis:
Zenaida and Yazmin, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, live in a relationship that makes them question their present and future. While they await the arrival of their husbands from the US. Time that will reveal infinite possibilities.