The 27th “Reel” Latin American Film Festival
S T R E A M for F R E E  (Credentials needed)

 
 

Xquipi' Guie'Dani

 (Guie'Dani's Navel)
Director:  Xavi Sala, Mexico, 2019
Length:  119 minutes

Pragda's info on the film:  https://pragda.com/film/guiedanis-navel/

Watch this film between 11/14/2020 and 11/20/2020.
Access to the film will be available during this time period only.


Credentials needed

Post-screening discussion and Q&A session on Friday, November 20 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom.
led by Dr. Elizabeth Coonrod Martínez, De Paul University

ASL Interpreting Services available


In a star-making performance, Sótera Cruz brings razor-sharp intensity to her portrayal of Guie’dani, a Zapotec girl determined to fight for her dignity.
Guie’dani is dragged to Mexico City by her mother to help in her work as a housekeeper for an upper-middle-class family. There, the subtle psychological subjugation inflicted by the white family functions as a metaphor for the oppression of the old world by the new. Yet, Guie’dani rejects the life of servitude and seeks her own identity through a friendship with another rebellious teen.
A striking contrast to Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, Guie’dani’s Navel is a unique coming-of-age narrative exploring the racism inflicted on indigenous people in Mexico and the empowerment of a new generation that refuses to accept it silently.
In a star-making performance, Sótera Cruz brings razor-sharp intensity to her portrayal of Guie’dani, a Zapotec girl determined to fight for her dignity. Synopsis Taken from the Pragda Film Festival site.

En una actuación que la convierte en una flamante estrella de cine, Sotera Cruz ofrece una intensidad certera en su representación de Guie'dani, una chica zapoteca determinada a luchar por su dignidad. A Guie'dani, su madre la arrastra a la Ciudad de México para que le ayude a trabajar como empleada doméstica en la casa de una familia de clase media alta. Aquí, la subyugación psicológica sútil que se inflige de parte de la familia blanca funciona como una metáfora de la opresión del viejo mundo hacia el nuevo. No obstante, Guie'dani rechaza la vida de sirviente y busca su propia identidad a través de una amistad con otra adolescente rebelde.
En contraste notable con la película Roma de Alfonso Cuarón, Xquipi' Guie'dani (El ombligo de Guie'dani) Es una peculiar narrativa de iniciación que explora el racismo que se ejerce sobre la gente indígena de México y el poder de una nueva generación que se rehusa a aceptarlo silenciosamente.