The short animated film ‘Ukari Wa’utsika’ is a collaboration between textile artist Susie Vickery, EIA team member Jennie Gamlin and the Indigenous community of Tuapurie, Mexico. It tells the story of how Wixárika women’s lives changed forever as they came into contact with Spanish missionaries, travellers, anthropologists and the Mexican state and is illustrated with yarn paintings, animated embroidery figures, historical documents and photographs. The film is narrated in Wixárika language with soundtracks by Wixárika musicians.
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