2025
(United States Premiere)ExperimentalFeature Documentary

Binnigula’sa’ (Ancient Zapotec People)

A film still from Binnigula’sa’ (Ancient Zapotec People) shows a young boy in conversation with an older man. The boy is looking at the man who looks at a photo the boy holds in his hands. They are seated outside around a table with small crafted figures.

While working the land in 1964, a Zapotec boy named Cándido discovered a stone-carved deity that was subsequently taken from him to be exhibited in the country’s capital. Sixty years later, Tá Cándido, along with Carlos and Edith, seeks to recover the deity and protect his ancestral legacy.

Thank you to our screening partners: Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival, Save Our Ancestors/InDigenous Education

Tickets

In Person

2:30PM EDTSuzanne Roberts Theatre
2:30PM EDTSuzanne Roberts Theatre

Virtual

6:00PM EDT

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