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A stop-motion documentary that describes the artificial mummification (black and red mummies) of the Chinchorro culture, a pre-hispanic society of fishermen and hunter-gatherers who practiced funeral rites with sophisticated techniques for body preservation 7,000 years ago, originating on the Camarones coast of Chile.
Three stories about men and women in terminal situations.
I am all of them, I am the representation of feminine magic, I am what everyone keeps silent. I am a daughter, I am a sister, I am an intelligent woman, a spiritual woman, a free woman. I am a mistress, a dominatrix.
This documentary, made by a collective, portrays characters and trades around Lake Pátzcuaro: a member of the Purépecha women’s choir in Santa Fe de la Laguna, a boating coach on Janitzio Island, a music teacher in San Andrés, and a fisherman in San Jerónimo. The film resulted from the Imágenes Vivas 2 film workshop that was held in July 2014 in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán.