Voladora
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Title / Título (Original)
Voladora
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Voladora: A Flying Woman
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Release Date / Fecha de estreno
2008
Language / Idioma
Spanish / español
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Description / Descripción
Voladora, a 10-minute documentary, shows how tensions arise in the community when women enter traditionally male spaces. One of the results of the first video workshop organized by the CAI, it was produced for a general audience and shown in film festivals and other forums, winning first place at the Fifth Festival of Indigenous Film in Morelia, Michoacán. As do most ethnobiographic documentaries, it focuses on the personal reality and culture of a marginal individual (Prelorán, 2006). It looks at the situation of a young Totonaca, Viviana Guerrero, who is struggling to achieve her dream of becoming part of the ancient ritual dance the Voladores (Flyers). It begins with the leader of Viviana’s dance group talking about having received the announcement prohibiting women from participating in this dance. Then, with the display of the title, the filmmaker introduces the documentary’s topic and the narrative conflict. Source: González Hurtado, Argelia. “Resistance and Revival: Indigenous Women Media-Makers in Contemporary Mexico.” Latin American Perspectives, vol. 48, no. 2, Mar. 2021, pp. 63–76.
Voladora nos acerca a Viviana Guerrero, danzante voladora de Zozocolco de Hidalgo, Veracruz. Nos muestra igualmente cómo las mujeres de la sierra del Totonacapan se han incorporado poco a poco al ancestral ritual del vuelo. (Filmoteca UNAM)
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Citation
“Voladora,” Cinegogía, accessed April 25, 2024, https://cinegogia.omeka.net/items/show/737.