Forbidden songs of the earth
Screening Selection
Nominated for:Best Documentary Short, Best Student Film
Film Info
Film Year: 2023
Film Duration: 14 min
Country: Mexico
Director
Chantal Junck
Film Category
Synopsis
One song traces a pathway from oral poet and Mazatec shaman Maria Sabina’s tradition to Mazatec rapper Xéti NdáJnio and Medicine woman Zara Monrroy, also a poet, rapper and dancer from the Comcaac Nation. Two stories of indigenous rappers struggling to sing in their mother tongue.