Adolfo Hernández Santiesteban

The Return of the Dead is a story about human condition and repentance. This documentary is the story of a tormented man, Don Rosendo, who has been haunted by his past and in the dawn of his life tries to find a sense for his existence. This story happens at the Mexico-USA border, in a transitory hostel.

Ponkina is drawing, when suddenly a fly approaches her. She chases the fly and kills it. Shortly after, she takes a nap. When she wakes up, she discovers that she has wings and gets very excited… But she is about to receive a lesson.

Eufrosina Cruz Mendoza is from Santa Maria Quiegolani, an indigenous community located in Oaxaca, Mexico. After she was denied the right of becoming president of her community, just because she was a woman, Eufrosina began a struggle to achieve gender equality in indigenous communities, questioning the uses and traditions and defying the zone’s chiefs.