Film

A God's Shadow

2017 · 20m · Documentary

IMDb

5.4

Chon, a member of the Native Mexican Wirrárika community, tells the story of his cousin Faustino, son of the shaman of an indigenous settlement in the mountains of Nayarit called La Mora. In the 1980s Faustino had proclaimed himself to be god and the community´s spiritual leader, which then had been accepted by his father and the inhabitants. Together with an armed group he menaced and terrorized other neighboring villages. When Chon witnessed his cousin kill various members of their own community, he escaped La Mora and reported the incidents to the police.

• Bernhard HetzenauerScreenplay · Director · Producer · Editor

Release date

March 1, 2017

Status

Released

Original language

Spanish

Runtime

20m

Genres

Documentary