Help celebrate the closing of Colectivo Rasquache’s exhibition Tiahue Tocha (let’s go home) at Visible Records with an outdoor screening of short films presented by Rasquache Mobile Cinema, a project by Federico Cuatlacuatl. This event is free and no registration is required. In the event of rain, the screening will be moved inside Visible Records.
Films
Nichimal Son (Blooming Music) by Juan Javier Pérez Pérez
2018 | Mexico | Spanish with English subtitles | 27 minutes | Documentary
About: Elvia arrived in Zinacantán out of love for her husband. She adapted to the life of the Zinacanteco woman and had to take her nahual, her spiritual animal companion, to the sacred corral of the Zinacantecos to be a member of the community, to continue taking care of her family.
Coapan En Espera by Federico Cuatlacuatl
2019 | Mexico | Spanish with English subtitles | 15 minutes | Documentary, Experimental
About: Coapan En Espera is an experimental documentary highlighting the migratory history and diaspora of a community from Cholula, Puebla, Mexico. The community of San Francisco Coapan first started migrating to the U.S in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Now almost 30 years after the first people left their hometown, the hope of returning or not returning home one day reflects in this community’s current emotional flux of being on standby. With over half of the total community’s population now living in the U.S, the tensions and uncertainty deepen.
About Rasquache Mobile Cinema
Rasquache Mobile Cinema is supported by an Arts Enhancement Grant from the Office of the Provost & the Vice Provost for the Arts, with additional support from the Religion, Race & Democracy Lab.
