Mayan Film Screening & Director Q&A

Synopsis;\nElena, a Mayan Tzotzil woman from San Andrés Larráinzar, Chiapas, is challenged by the uses and customs of her people when an almost entirely male community assembly appoints her as a municipal trustee. As an authority, she introduces us to the complexity of the system of socio-political organization in San Andrés. During her term of office, the traditional practice of masculinity begins to be questioned.\nDirector Bio:\nFlorencia Gómez Sántiz, Maya Tzeltal woman from Oxchuc, Chiapas. She has a bachelor's degree in Intercultural Communication from UNICH and a master's degree in Cultural Studies from the Autonomous University of Chiapas. She has been a script translator, producer, screenwriter and correspondent for television programs and kids news in Chiapas. She studied at the San Cristóbal de las Casas Documentary Film School, where she directed ‘3 Days, 3 Years’, her first short film.\n3 days 3 years (30 minutes)\nwith English Subtitles (UNM Library Account required)\nhttps://libmedia.unm.edu/unm/ereserves/3dias_3an_os_english_subtitles_0_H264.mp4