2020 | USA | Documentary,Short

Tamales and Tunas

  • Spanish 14 mins
  • Director | Lucia Archila Escobar

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In the South Carolina Indigenous Guatemalan community, women face healthcare barriers that make it difficult to carry their pregnancies to term. Here, pregnant Erlinda longs for the familiar tastes of the nopal fruit, while Fabiana spends her days making tamales to get over a heartbreaking loss. An intimate look at family life, Tamales y Tunas asks what it means to make one’s way through motherhood far from the comforts of home.

pregnancy baby healthcare medicine
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