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"Na Florentina"

"Na Florentina"Na Florentina
(2005, 7 min.) MEXICO
Director: José Manuel Valencia (Zapotec)
In Spanish with English subtitles.

Florentina Gallegos Luis, a grandmother in Juchitán, Oaxaca, prepares totopos (baked corn tortillas) for sale in the town square. The process is painstaking and laborious—and undervalued.

Image credit: Na Florentina; Na Florentina

2006 Native American Film and Video Festival - US premiere. Schedule at-a-glance

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