Mexiko

Matri­archy? »Tribe of Ama­zons«? That is what explor­ers and other out­siders roman­ti­cal­ly named the Zapotecs of the Isth­mus of Tehuan­te­pec in south­ern Oaxaca, Mexico. The Isth­mus is a place where … read more

ALMA EN VUELO forms part of the Series »The paths of the sacred« on tra­di­tion­al fes­tiv­i­ties in Mexico. It records the Tarahu­mara nations’s peyote rite in North­ern Mexico. 

Doc­u­men­tary about the cer­e­monies in honour of Niño Fiden­cio, a famous curan­dero (quack) of the 20s, in the town of Espina­zo, in the state of Nuevo León. The film com­bines … read more

»The ven­er­a­tion for Tonantzin-Guadalupe has been an essen­tial Mex­i­can theme under­ly­ing Mex­i­can cul­tur­al and polit­i­cal values since the XVIth cen­tu­ry. Guided by the tes­ti­monies of Indige­nous people, Mex­i­cans of mixed … read more

The film por­trays the sipá’ame (Peyote-quack) Sev­eri­co. The Tarahu­mara or Rará­muri who live in the Sierra Madre Occi­den­tal in North­ern Mexico are used to a very respect­ful rela­tion­ship with the Peyote. Sev­eri­co is one of the few reli­gious experts who know how to com­mu­ni­cate with the Peyote in order to cure sick per­sons. The doc­u­men­ta­tion treats a Peyote-heal­ing , but also goes along with Severico’s role as a med­i­ta­tor between the Indian com­mu­ni­ty and the rich forest indus­try of Chi­huahua. The com­ment touch­es our limits of under­stand­ing in a strange uni­verse of imagination. 

Die Eth­nolo­gen Ingrid Kum­mels und Man­fred Schäfer haben u.a. fol­gende Filme gedreht: Im Grünen Himmel (1989); IM SPIEGEL DES SCHAMANEN (1989); San­tería – Von Men­schen und Heili­gen auf Kuba (1991); Havana Girl Orches­tra – Eine kuban­is­che Fam­i­lienchronik (1991); Der Wet­t­lauf des San Juan (1992); Wüsten­no­maden und Videokids. Die Seri in Mexiko (1995).

The film is a doc­u­men­tary on the life of Augustin Mon­toya de la Cruz , named Tepú. As a quack, song­writer, dancer and clair­voy­ant, he plays an impor­tant role in … read more

This doc­u­men­tary was made at San Felipe Otlal­te­pec, mix­te­ca region in the south of the state of Puebla. It deals with the most remark­able artis­tic tra­di­tion of the farm­ers who … read more

60 years ago Antonin Artaud start­ed on a voyage to the North of Mexico to get to know the rit­u­als of the Tarahu­mara indi­ans. He described this voyage in sev­er­al … read more

The inhab­i­tants of Mexico City may not think about it daily, but the spot they live on used to be the centre of Aztec cul­ture until the 16th cen­tu­ry. How … read more

The film doc­u­ments the east­ern fes­tiv­i­ties of the Tarahu­maras, the biggest group within the indige­nous pop­u­la­tion of Mexico. It com­bines reli­gious ele­ments with those of social organ­i­sa­tion at the begin­ning … read more

Visions from people of Mexico-City: We are get­ting close to the end planned by our­selves. The destruc­tion of mankind by man him­self / We are at the point of col­laps­ing … read more