FLORES DE LA LLANURA | MARIANA X. RIVERA | MEXICO | 2021 | 19´´
Synopsis (short):
After Silvia’s femicide, Yecenia, who is her cousin, and one of the ñomndaa weavers from the Prairie of Flowers, creates a ritual and poetic mourning alongside other weaving women. Through this ritual, threads, dreams and their craft are collectively woven together as an act of healing and resilience.
After Silvia’s femicide, Yecenia, who is her cousin, and one of the ñomndaa weavers from the Prairie of Flowers, creates a ritual and poetic mourning alongside other weaving women. Through this ritual, threads, dreams and their craft are collectively woven together as an act of healing and resilience.
DIRECTED BY Mariana X. Rivera
PRODUCER Josué Vergara
CINEMATOGRAPHY JESSICA VILLAMIL
SECOND CAMERA MARIANA X. RIVERA
EDITING BY ANDREA RABASA, MARIANA X. RIVERA, JOSUÉ VERGARA
ORIGINAL MUSIC JOSUÉ VERGARA
DIRECT SOUND AND SOUND DESIGN JOSUÉ VERGARA
POSTPRODUCTION URDIMBRE AUDIOVISUAL
PRODUCTION MANAGER EDUARDO NAVARRETE
SCREENPLAY MARIANA X. RIVERA CAST YECENIA LÓPEZ DE JESÚS, DIVINA DE JESÚS
PRODUCER Josué Vergara
CINEMATOGRAPHY JESSICA VILLAMIL
SECOND CAMERA MARIANA X. RIVERA
EDITING BY ANDREA RABASA, MARIANA X. RIVERA, JOSUÉ VERGARA
ORIGINAL MUSIC JOSUÉ VERGARA
DIRECT SOUND AND SOUND DESIGN JOSUÉ VERGARA
POSTPRODUCTION URDIMBRE AUDIOVISUAL
PRODUCTION MANAGER EDUARDO NAVARRETE
SCREENPLAY MARIANA X. RIVERA CAST YECENIA LÓPEZ DE JESÚS, DIVINA DE JESÚS
Mariana X. Rivera
Director Bio
PhD in Anthropologic Sciences; MA in Visual Anthropology; Academic Researcher at the Ethnology and Social Anthropology Division from the National Institute of Anthropology and History.
She is a co-founder of the production company Urdimbre Audiovisual, where she works as a film director and photographer. She has directed documentaries and video clips, and has published articles regarding documentary and ethnographic film, visual anthropology, weaving, memory and transmedia narratives. She has taught courses on visual anthropology and has taken part in workshops for the development of film projects. She has been a programmer from the Ethnographic Film Forum, and a curator of textile exhibits.
Josué Vergara Producer Bio
Producer and musician. He has collaborated in feature films such as La Mami and El Remolino. He has also worked as a music producer in documentary television programs such as De Raíz Luna by Mardonio Carballo. As a film producer and screenwriter, he has worked in Flores de la llanura and Mujer. Se va la vida, compañera, Telares sonoros y Huellas para la memoria.
Josué Vergara Producer Bio
Producer and musician. He has collaborated in feature films such as La Mami and El Remolino. He has also worked as a music producer in documentary television programs such as De Raíz Luna by Mardonio Carballo. As a film producer and screenwriter, he has worked in Flores de la llanura and Mujer. Se va la vida, compañera, Telares sonoros y Huellas para la memoria.
