(Kuxlejal)

Content: "Kuxlejal" means "Life" in the Tsotsil language, and Life and how to feel alive so as not to die, is the subject of this documentary that for the first time makes visible and thematizes the high rates of suicide among the youth of the native peoples. It is they who tell us in the first person their stories that unfold in a violently complex environment. The center of the film is the search for its own identity between its ancestral roots and the desire and need to be part of globalized modernity.

Countries:

Mexico

Genres:

Runtime:

40 minutes

Year:

2019

Directors:

Elke Franke

Production companies:

Vientos culturales

Actors:

Ari

Javi

Crews:

Director

Director of Photography

Editor

Sound Recordist

Sound Recordist