Juan Antonio Méndez Rodríguez

Juan Antonio Méndez Rodríguez

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Jvobtik – Our Music 2019

In a tsotsil community from south Mexico, where all the sounds come to life, the musical tradition of a family of musicians is transmitted from one generation to another: from the grandfather, who lives his last melodies; the son, who assumes the position of traditional musician; and the grandson who has the pleasure to continue with the musical memory of his family.
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Negra 2020

I was about seven years old the first time someone called me \"black\" on the street. I turned around to see who they were talking to, until I realized they were talking to me.
Juan Antonio Méndez Rodríguez

Juan Antonio Méndez Rodríguez

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Kuxlejal 2019

"Kuxlejal" means "Life" in the Tsotsil language, and Life and how to feel alive so as not to die, is the subject of this documentary that for the first time makes visible and thematizes the high rates of suicide among the youth of the native peoples. It is they who tell us in the first person their stories that unfold in a violently complex environment. The center of the film is the search for its own identity between its ancestral roots and the desire and need to be part of globalized modernity.
Xun Sero

Xun Sero

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Mom 2023

In this deeply moving dialogue between mother and son, Mexican Tzotzil director Xun Sero confronts his past with honesty, understanding and forgiveness. Growing up without a father, he blamed his mother for the paternal absence in his life; this, for him, became his first act of violence against the feminine and his own mother. Societal pressure and shame prevented his mother from speaking about the realities of violence in her childhood and within her partnership with the director's father. Guided by the desire to understand who his mother is, Sero has created an extraordinarily sensitive first film where both mother and son open a dialogue in an attempt at self-discovery. Bravely, together, they open the door to a room of darkness and unknowns and begin to walk down a path of healing.
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Of Indigenous Appearance N/A

The "affluent and white" society of Chiapas has historically marginalized the region's indigenous communities. This systemic bias often results in crimes being wrongfully attributed to individuals with indigenous features, based solely on descriptions in official reports. Consequently, the police frequently detain people from these communities without proper evidence