Rita Patiño, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was found by a human rights organization inside a Kansas psychiatric hospital, where she had been involuntarily confined, for 12 years, despite the fact that the hospital authorities were never able to determine who was this woman, where did she come from, or what language she spoke. After the consequences of confinement and medical negligence, Rita returned to Mexico, where she lives with Juanita, her niece, and primary caregiver, in a context of precarious economic possibilities. A moving portrait of the lives of these two Tarahumara women, questioning the multiple forms of racism and discrimination that indigenous women in Mexico and the United States face.
The Woman of Stars and Mountains
Mukí Sopalírili Aligué Gawíchi Nirúgame
25th TiDF: World Premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Santiago Esteinou
- Script: Santiago Esteinou, Javier Campos López
- Cinematography: Axel Pedraza Ávila
- Editing: Javier Campos López
- Sound: Liliana Villaseñor, Pablo Tamez, Misael Hernández, Milagros Vargas, Pablo Fernández
- Music: Galo Durán
- Production: Impulso Cinematográfico Independiente, Hoomanz Productions
- Producers: Santiago Esteinou, José Miguel Diáz Salinas, Axel Pedraza Ávila, Javier Campos López
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: Mexico
- Production Year: 2023
- Duration: 101'
- Contact: Santiago Esteinou
Santiago Esteinou
Filmography
2008 Chronic Pain
2014 The Years of Fierro
2023 The Woman of Stars and Mountains
2014 The Years of Fierro
2023 The Woman of Stars and Mountains