Ethnocide: Notes on El Mezquital

Ethnocide: Notes on El Mezquital

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 2, 1977

Runtime

2h 10m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

57%

Original Title

Etnocidio: Notas sobre El Mezquital

Director

Paul Leduc

Description

Through the direct testimony of the Indians, the phenomenon of acculturation suffered by the Otomí minority of the Mezquital Valley, one of the poorest rural areas of the state of Hidalgo, in Mexico, is analyzed. It tries to show a broader problem that encompasses a large part of the Continent; how other peoples, other ethnic groups, are exterminated with all kinds of mechanisms, from brutal repression to the most sophisticated cultural penetration.