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It follows the players that compete in the indigenous Oaxacan sport of pelota mixteca. The film serves as a window into their ancient game and the lives of the Oaxacan community and culture.

"Libro en español y en mixteco de la región oaxaqueña, que a través de doce grabados nos cuenta la historia de la "Matriarca": mujer oaxaqueña, quien es suma de experiencias de vida y emociones heredadas por generaciones. Esta obra nos muestra a una mujer que a través de su quehacer cotidiano ama, se entrega, sueña y hace frente a sus propias emociones guardadas en el silencio meditativo de la cotidianidad. El texto es un poema que atiende...

"Samantha and George are a couple heading towards a sabbatical year in the quaint Mexican town of Oaxaca. For Samantha, it is the opportunity to revisit her past. For George, it is an unsettling step into the unknown. For both of them, it will be a collision course with political and personal events that will alter their paths and the town of Oaxaca forever. In tandem, the remarkable and arduous journey that a monarch butterfly endures on its annual...

Samantha y George son una pareja que ha elegido la placida y tranquilidad ciudad Oaxaca como el destino en el que pasaran su año sabatico. Para Samantha es la oportunidad de reecontrarse con su pasado. Para George supone un inquietante transito hacia un mundo desconocido. Ambos se encuentran en la trayectoria de un torbellino que sacudira sus vidas alterara su destino mientras transforma la vida politica y de los habitantes de Oaxaca para siempre--...

"Did you know that animals that live in one country don't always talk the same language as animals from somewhere else? Take a rooster, for instance. In English-speaking countries, he says cock-a-doodle-doo when he has a notion to announce himself or to greet the dawn. But in Spanish-speaking countries, he says ki-kiri-ki. Emerging readers will delight in identifying the animals depicted on each new page. And the bilingual text invites parent and...