Free Film Screening: SUNÚ (2015)
Join us September 23 at Monmouth Park for a free outdoor screening of SUNÚ (2015) by Teresa Camou Guerrero, presented in partnership with IMCINE, City on a Hill Brookline and Brookline Recreation!ABOUT THE FILM
Sunú is the indigenous word for Maize by the Tarahumara people of Northern Mexico.
It is a central part of the culture, identity, economy, community, spirituality as well as cuisine in all of Mexico.
However, the Mexican state has been working to support Monsanto’s efforts to bring genetically modified seeds into Mexico, and the government is helping contaminate native corn.
Determined to remain free and independent, Sunú shows farmers working the land, cultivating their seeds and being true to their traditions.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Born and raised in México, Teresa has always first considered herself to be a puppeteer.
From 1996 to 2011, she joined the Bread and Puppet Theatre in Vermont, and continues to collaborate with them to this day.
After earning a BA in Visual Arts and Social Science from Bennington College, in 2004, she returned to Mexico and founded El Indígena de la Sierra Taraumara Theatre, an indigenous Mexican puppet theater company based in northern Mexico’s Sierra Madre.
In 2009, she won a grant from the Chihuahuan Institute of Culture to publish a collection of scripts and stories from the theater named “Andares, Cantares.” It was the winner of the Publicaciones del Gobierno del Estado Award.
Teresa is also a critically acclaimed filmmaker.
She directed and produced two short documentaries about issues related to Tarahumara communities and two short animated films “El Entierro” (2008) and “Tewe Chiva Nesero” (2007) which received honorable mention at the Chihuahua International Film Festival.
SUNÚ (2015) is her first feature film.
Teresa is passionate about teaching art at the Center for Education for the Blind (CEIAC).
She recently collaborated with blind artists and installed two art exhibitions, one of which strives to communicate to people what it’s like to be blind in Chihuahua.
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with us, and bring your loved ones, as we delve into the life and political insights of a threatened rural world.
Learn more at brooklineartscenter.com/events!
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FREE
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brooklineartscenter.com/events/film-screening-sunu
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86 Monmouth Street, Brookline, MA, 02446 map
Phone: 6175665715
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