The Woman of Stars and Mountains
100 mins
Rita Patiño, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was found by a human rights organization inside a Kansas psychiatric hospital, where she had been involuntarily confined, 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. After the consequences of confinement and medical negligence, Rita returned to Mexico, where she lives with Juanita, her niece, and primary caregiver, in a context of precarious economic possibilities. A moving portrait of the lives of these two Tarahumara women, questioning the multiple forms of racism and discrimination that indigenous women in Mexico and the United States face.
Santiago Esteinou
Director
Santiago Esteinou
Writer
Javier Campos
Writer
José Miguel Díaz Salinas
Producer
Lisa Tillinger
Colorist
Pablo Taméz Sierra
Sound
Santiago Esteinou
Producer
Heidy Carrazana
Dialogue Editor
Misael Hernández
Sound
Gabriela Fernández
Costume Designer
Axel Pedraza
Producer
Galo Durán
Music
Javier Campos
Producer
Pérez Aréchiga, Daniel
Foley Editor
Milagros Vargas
Sound
Liliana Villaseñor
Sound
Axel Pedraza
Director of Photography
Pablo Fernández
Sound Designer
Miguel Hernández
Sound Mixer
Ulises Santos
Foley Editor
Veronique Decroux
Additional Photography
Javier Campos
Editor
Pérez Aréchiga, Daniel
Foley Recordist
Ulises Santos
Sound Editor