2023 | Mexico | Documentary

Mukí Sopalírili Aligué Gawichí Nurúgame (The Woman of Stars and Mountains)

  • Tarahumara (Western), English, Spanish - 100 mins
  • Director | Santiago Esteinou
  • Writer | Javier Campos, Santiago Esteinou
  • Producer | Javier Campos, José Miguel Díaz Salinas, Santiago Esteinou, Axel Pedraza

STATUS: Released

This film is currently not available.   

This documentary tells the story of Rita, an indigenous woman from Mexico, who left her community in the Mountains and went on a journey to Kansas, where she was detained and committed involuntarily to a psychiatric hospital for 12 years , despite the fact that the hospital authorities were never able to determine who was this woman, where did she come from, or what language she spoke.

Mental Health Indigenous Women