Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Ch'ul be, Sacred Path (Original title: Ch'ul be, senda sagrada)
Directed by Humberto Gómez Pérez
Duration 70’ | Tsotsil with English subtitles
Officially selected for #WOMEX24 Film Programme:
Thursday 24 October 15:45-17:00
Market Screening
Production Country, Year Mexico, 2023 | Produced by Terra Nostra Films | Producers Daniela Contreras, Nicolas Défossé | Executive Producer Daniela Contreras | Director of Photography Xun Sero | Sound Martin de Torcy, Jaime Álvarez, Mireya Sánchez Gómez, Humberto Gómez Pérez, Ricardo Lavalle | Music Román Montejo Hernández, Agustín Montejo Hernández, Agustín Díaz Díaz, Carlos Román Montejo Hernández | Editors Xun Sero, Nicolas Défossé | Distributed by Terra Nostra Films
Ch'ul be delves into the Tsotsil sacred path, exploring ancient collective commitments that sustain the life cycle of a community. In San Andres Larrainzar, everyone is responsible for the collective well-being, but few are chosen to follow the path of serving the gods. Ch'ul be is the path of Martha and Diego, and of Román and his son Tino. It is a journey from the everyday to the divine, from the individual to the collective, to ensure that knowledge is not lost, and the cycle is not broken.
A speaker of Tsotsil Maya, [B]Humberto Gómez Pérez studied intercultural communication and supplemented his training through different workshops and courses in writing, technical narratives, literary and audiovisual creation and film.
More info about the WOMEX 24 Film Programme here: womex.com
See you in Manchester! #worldwidemusic #musicfilm
Ch'ul be, Sacred Path (Original title: Ch'ul be, senda sagrada)
Directed by Humberto Gómez Pérez
Duration 70’ | Tsotsil with English subtitles
Officially selected for #WOMEX24 Film Programme:
Thursday 24 October 15:45-17:00
Market Screening
Production Country, Year Mexico, 2023 | Produced by Terra Nostra Films | Producers Daniela Contreras, Nicolas Défossé | Executive Producer Daniela Contreras | Director of Photography Xun Sero | Sound Martin de Torcy, Jaime Álvarez, Mireya Sánchez Gómez, Humberto Gómez Pérez, Ricardo Lavalle | Music Román Montejo Hernández, Agustín Montejo Hernández, Agustín Díaz Díaz, Carlos Román Montejo Hernández | Editors Xun Sero, Nicolas Défossé | Distributed by Terra Nostra Films
Ch'ul be delves into the Tsotsil sacred path, exploring ancient collective commitments that sustain the life cycle of a community. In San Andres Larrainzar, everyone is responsible for the collective well-being, but few are chosen to follow the path of serving the gods. Ch'ul be is the path of Martha and Diego, and of Román and his son Tino. It is a journey from the everyday to the divine, from the individual to the collective, to ensure that knowledge is not lost, and the cycle is not broken.
A speaker of Tsotsil Maya, [B]Humberto Gómez Pérez studied intercultural communication and supplemented his training through different workshops and courses in writing, technical narratives, literary and audiovisual creation and film.
More info about the WOMEX 24 Film Programme here: womex.com
See you in Manchester! #worldwidemusic #musicfilm
