Juan Mora Catlett’s 2007 “Eréndira Ikikunari,” shot entirely in the indigenous language of Purépecha is another of what seems a burgeoning genre of lovingly picture cultural epics from around the world that offer counter a tendency by some filmmakers toward ethnographic tourism. Eréndira was a young woman who railed against the invading Spanish conquistadors as well as her culture’s innate sexism, showing bravery far beyond learning to ride a horse. Catlett’s style sups at theatricality. 114m. 35mm.(Ray Pride)
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