MAIZE DAUGHTERS

HIJAS DEL MAIZ

By Alfonso GASTIABURO

SHORTSFIT - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, World

Documentary - Completed 2023

A midwife and an educator, indigenous women, transform the process of birth into a battle against gender violence. At Yach’il Antzetic shelter in the sth México, they work with women from communities, survivors. In this path start changing the future, starting by raising their daughters differently.

Festivals
& Awards

CONCURSO INCUBADORA DE DOCUMENTALES INCAA. 2017
Campus DocsBarcelona 2019
Focine IMCINE México 2021
Ventana Sur 2023
Festival Zanate México 2023
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • ARGENTINA, MEXICO
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 87 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Alfonso GASTIABURO
    • Producer(s)
    • Ana TALEB (CINESPUMA)
    • Synopsis
    • A midwife and an educator, both indigenous women,
      transform the process of birth into a battle against
      gender violence. At Yach’il Antzetic shelter in San
      Cristóbal de las Casas, México, they work with
      women from native communities, survivors as
      themselves. In this path they heal old wounds and
      start changing the future, starting by raising their
      daughters differently.