Silvestre Pantaleón / Ojo de Agua Comunicación, Ok nemi totlahtǒl present ; a documentary by Roberto Olivares Ruiz, Jonathan D. Amith ; producer, Jonathan D. Amith ; director, Roberto Olivares Ruiz ; codirector, Jonathan D. Amith.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Amith, Jonathan D., film producer, film director.

Olivares Ruiz, Roberto, film director.

Pantaleón, Silvestre, on-screen participant.

Ojo de Agua Comunicación, production company.

Ok nemi totlahtǒl (Firm), production company.

Icarus Films, distributor.

Language:

English

Nahuatl

Subjects (All):

Pantaleón, Silvestre.

Older men--Mexico--San Agustín Oapan.

Older men.

Handicraft--Mexico--San Agustín Oapan.

Handicraft.

Healing--Mexico--San Agustín Oapan.

Healing.

San Agustín Oapan (Mexico)--Social life and customs.

San Agustín Oapan (Mexico).

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Biographical films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (65 min.)) : sound, color

Place of Publication:

[Brooklyn, New York] : Icarus Films, [2012]

Language Note:

In Nahuatl with English subtitles.

System Details:

System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

SILVESTRE PANTALEON is the story of an elderly man from the Nahuatl-speaking village of San Agustin Oapan, Mexico. It begins as a local curandero reads the protagonist's fortune in the cards and diagnoses the costly remedy to his ills: a complex series of offerings to the hearth, the ants, the river, and the deceased. Silvestre Pantaleon then struggles to pull together the money needed to pay for the curing ceremony and provide for his family, dedicating himself to the only remunerative activities he knows: handcrafting rope (made from the fibers of an agave plant) for religious ceremonies and making seldom-used household objects that he alone still has the skills to produce.

Credits:

Cinematography and editing, Roberto Olivares Ruiz ; original music, Carlos Salomón.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 19, 2022).

Publisher Number:

if-silv Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.