(Mexico, 2019) Social, Drama / 74 min / Spanish and Yoreme w English Subtitles / Rated G
Dir: Ana Laura Calderon

This is the story of Lucia, an indigenous Yoreme girl in Mexico who fights for her dream to play the harp, which is traditionally only played by men in her culture. Lucia has lost her mother and lives with her father Fidel and her grandparents. Fidel is a harpist. Musicians are very important because they are considered the guardians of traditions. Lucia wants to play but Fidel won’t allow it because the harp symbolizes a woman, and for them a woman can´t touch another woman. In spite of all this, the grandfather teaches her secretly. The Mayor’s community celebration is near and Fidel is seriously injured. The grandfather has to go to work. The town is very worried, there is no one else who can play the harp …

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