Little Birds

Through dances and games, migrant boys and girls who live in a shelter in Reynosa, on the US-Mexico border, shared their dreams and stories of hope with us.

Ayapaneco. El viento

The breeze we feel everywhere is an ancient drunk man destroying everything as he goes by, until he was turned into the wind.

Akateko. La aparición de san Miguel Arcángel

Chinanteco. Jujmi La niña del Río

Oluteco. The Dance of la Malinche

Sold by her step brothers, Malintzin serves as a translator for an spanish merchant. When visiting Tenochtitlan she is rescued by Moctezuma. The merchant, angry, charges the aztecs of robbery with Hernan Cortes, who invades the city under that excuse.

Lacandón. El origen de los aluxes

Nights at the jungles are filled with sounds, songs and laughs from the aluxes, some creatures that escaped from heaven. They can't be exposed at light, so as soon as the sun hides, they insist on building pyramids trying to get closer to where they came from.

Phonos

Cloe and her grandfather share a fondness for sounds, which they sense, admire, absorb, and catalog.

El origen de las minas de sal de San Mateo

The Chuj tell the story of three brothers and the reason behind the origin of the largest salt mines in San Mateo.

Cora. La creación del mundo

Chocholteco. La niña de la lanilla

Cucapá. El origen de los montes