The Healer

The Healer in the Indigenous of Communities of the Highlands of Chiapas /El Curandero de las Communidades Indigenas de Los Altos de Chiapas

(1999, 34 mins., Tzotzil with English subtitles)

When Jacinto gets sick, his relatives call upon a local healer to cure him. An intimate look at traditional Mayan healing practices, El Curandero reveals indigenous values of addressing the physical, spiritual, and psychological aspects of sickness and healing often in stark contrast to Western medicinal techniques. El Curandero is the first fiction-drama produced by Chiapaneco indigenous communities. The actors are from the small highlands community of Magdalena.

Primer ficción realizada por videoastas indígenas de Chiapas .

"El Curandero" es una mirada íntima a las tradiciones medicinales que los pueblos indígenas de Chiapas han mantenido durante generaciones y que en algunas comunidades se siguen utilizando.

Festivals:

2000, “Contra el Silencio” Documentary Video Festival, Mexico City, Mexico

2000, ImagineNative Aboriginal Media Arts Festival, Toronto, Canada

2000, Taos Talking Picture Festival, New Mexico, USA

2001, Drexel University DUTV, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

2002, African Diaspora Film Festival, New York City, NY USA

2004 Native Film Festival, Eastern Cherokee, Southern Iroquois & United Tribes of South Carolina, Inc. United Tribes of South Carolina,