Directed by Ismael Vásquez Bernabé • Documentary • 2024 • 77 minutes
In San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca, Mexico—known as "the town of the spinners"—director Ismael Vásquez Bernabé returns to the community that shaped him. As a child, Vásquez Bernabé would lie under his mother’s loom and ponder life beyond his own existence in his small town. Now, as an adult, he follows this curiosity by focusing three key figures of the community. Donato, a recently deceased legendary violinist; his son Lorenzo, who is attempting to uphold his father’s legacy; and his own mother, Zoila, the only one of her sisters who still practices the art of weaving. Through these intertwined tales of music, dance, and tradition, the film explores the delicate threads that connect generations and the vital role of preserving cultural practices essential to the survival of an indigenous community. "It’s up to us who remain to rescue the cloth on the loom."
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