Movie
Eufrosina’s Revolution
2012 · 90 min
An intimate, quietly rousing portrait of resistance in a traditional community, its calm observational rhythm giving way to moments of raw frustration.
- Directed by
- Luciana Kaplan
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Eufrosina Cruz
- Overview
- Eufrosina Cruz Mendoza is from Santa Maria Quiegolani, an indigenous community located in Oaxaca, Mexico. After she was denied the right of becoming president of her community, just because she was a woman, Eufrosina began a struggle to achieve gender equality in indigenous communities, questioning the uses and traditions and defying the zone’s chiefs.
- How it feels
- Earnest, melancholic, tense and uplifting. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Gender, power, justice, identity
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Luciana Kaplan
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Eufrosina Cruz