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In a remote landscape, Indigenous Tsotsil women shepherd and weave, exploring their connection to the land and each other.
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Indigenous Tsotsil women - shepherds and wool weavers - tend their sheep while honoring their land's memory. The encounter with the filmmaker reveals a longing to acknowledge different ways of inhabiting the same territory.
"Ways to Traverse a Territory - Filmmaker Gabriela Domínguez Ruvalcaba takes us on an intimate journey into the lives of Tsotsil women in the mountains of Chiapas. Without traditional narration, the film captures their daily routines caring for sheep and preserving the memory of their land. Through an essayistic approach, the work reflects on identity, belonging, and the multiple ways of inhabiting a territory, offering a poetic and profound perspective on the relationship between people and the space they occupy."