YIB [yib]


yib

Directed By: Ozan Mermer

October 12, 2019 / Spanish Chuj-Maya / 65 min

A children’s choir offers new directions to a Mayan community artificially divided years ago by the Mexican-Guatemalan border in this documentary that focuses primarily on the experiences of two young indigenous girls who find identity through song.

Podcast Episodes: http://soft-union.com/week-5-yib/

Lectures: http://soft-union.com/malcolm-miguel-botto-hortal-borders-and-identity-construction-in-the-docufilm-yib-roots/

IMDB Movie Page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10168866/

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Screened Semesters:

  • 2021 Winter