Forbidden Songs of the Earth

Forbidden Songs of the Earth

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 24, 2023

Runtime

0h 14m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Rap, sodas y versos

Production Companies

UNAM, Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas (ENAC)

Director

Chantal Junck

Description

One song traces a pathway from oral poet and Mazatec shaman Maria Sabina's tradition to Mazatec rapper Xéti NdáJnio and Medicine woman Zara Monrroy, also a poet, rapper and dancer from the Comcaac Nation. Two stories of indigenous rappers struggling to sing in their mother tongue.