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"Kurita Kaheri "Messenger of the Gods""

"Kurita Kaheri "Messenger of the Gods""Kurita Kaheri "Messenger of the Gods"
(2006, 16 min.) MEXICO
Director: Pavel Rodríguez Guillén (P'urhepecha)
Produced by: Centro de Video Indígena Captura Visual, Michoacán
Actors: Flavio Hernández, Amaruc Lucas, Raúl Máximo
In P'urhepecha and Spanish with English subtitles.

A dramatization of P'urhepecha history focused on the code of warrior honor is drawn from the 16th-century "Chronicles of Michoacán," written by the Franciscan priest, Fray Jeronimo de Alcala.

Image credit: Kurita Kaheri "Messenger of the Gods"; Kurita Kaheri "Messenger of the Gods"

Pavel Rodríguez Guillén

2006 Native American Film and Video Festival - US premiere. Schedule at-a-glance

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