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Xochimilco

Eduardo Maldonado
1987 Mexico 85 minutes Spanish

Xochilmo is a horticultural village in the suburbs of Mexico, famous for its landscape of canals, where “Maria Candelaria” was filmed. The film evokes the main aspects of traditional life in Xochilmo, festivals and rites strongly marked by religious syncretism. It also touches on the village’s current problems, the development of tourism, modernisation and pollution.

Production :
Instituto Nacional Indigenista
Distribution :
Comision nacional para el desarrollo de los pueblos indigenas
Editing :
Eduardo Maldonado
Sound :
Jesus Sanchez; Eduardo Herrera
Photography :
Francisco Bojorquez

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