This session will be introduced by the film’s Screenwriter and Editor Jose Luis Fernandez. Fernandez will participate in the post screening panel discussion. Entry by donation courtesy of Dendy Cinemas, arrive early to get your seat!
Jose Álvarez, 2009, 2010, Documentary, Mexico, 72min, Huichol, Spanish with English subtitles
In this visually arresting documentary, the Huichol people, an indigenous tribe in Mexico, offer rare access to their traditional Peyote pilgrimage to the sacred region of Wirikuta. The filmmakers were allowed unfettered access to the group’s rituals and daily lives over a two-year period with only one ceremony off limits: the deer hunt. For this they trained a few male hunters of the tribe to operate the camera turning it into a stunning collaboration between the film crew and these traditionally very private people.
An astounding and thoughtful insight into indigenous rituals and the traditional use of Peyote.
