Chaac and Yum
Inspired by the sacred and ancient relationship between Chaac, the Mayan deity of Rain, and Yum, the Mayan deity of corn, this short erotic drama tells a story about two queer, Mayan-descended Two Spirits who meet at a queer San Francisco bar. Upon touching and dancing with one another they realize their connection is ancient. Starring performance artists Xav S-F and Daniel Arizmendi/Snowflake Calvert (Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Yaqui), this film examines the queer, de-colonial, ancestral rituals in our contemporary QTPOC love, dating, and kink practices.
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Roberto FatalDirectorClass Order Family Tribe, Fluids, Fluid Bound
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XAV S-FDirector
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Xav S-FWriter
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Daniel Arizmendi Snowflake CalvertWriter
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Roberto FatalProducerClass Order Family Tribe, Fluids, Fluid Bound
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Xav S-FProducer
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Daneil Arizmendi Snowflake CalvertProducer
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Xav S-FKey Cast
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Daniel Arizmendi Snowflake CalvertKey Cast
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:drama, erotic, indigenous, native american, latinx, latino
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Runtime:10 minutes 11 seconds
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Completion Date:October 1, 2021
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Production Budget:10,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Shooting Format:HDV
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Producer/writer Snowflake Arizmendi Snowflake Calvert (she/her) is a Two-Spirit performance artist of Tzotzil, Yaqui, and Raramuri heritage. As a professional dancer, drag performer/event host, and entrepreneur she produces LGBTQ+ events as platforms for political, social, and cultural activism. Currently she’s co-producing a Queer dance project of her collaborative work called, "Seeds and Sequins"; a dance collaborator of The TRY Project; and is on the steering committee for The Queering Dance Festival.
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Producer/Director Roberto Fatal [they/them/ellos] is a Two-Spirit, Non-binary filmmaker from Raramuri, Tewa Pueblo, and Spanish heritage. Their debut feature script, Electric Homies, was selected for the 2022 GLAAD x Black List best unproduced scripts list. They are a Sundance Indigenous Film Lab album and a current Imagine Native Feature film directors lab fellow.
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Co-Director Xav S-F [she/her] (Piru & Tigua heritage from El Paso, Texas) serves Indigenous communities of the San Francisco Bay, with the BAAIT-S Two-Spirits Powwow. As a House Artist at Counterpulse SF, she co-presented Weaving Spirits Two-Spirit Performance Festival, the first festival of its kind, and co-authored the two grants that supported it (Rainin New Works, and SF Arts Commission OPG)
Thank you for viewing Chaac and Yum. This film is a collaborative, Indigenous, Two-Spirit work telling a reimagined contemporary romantic narrative of Chaac, the Mayan deity of Rain, and Yum, the Mayan deity of corn. This ancient legend is retold as a QTPOC narrative that connects contemporary queer love and sexuality, to our ancient, Indigenous origins.
-Ni’bo’olal, Matetera ba, gracias, thank you.-
-Producer, Writer, director, star Snowflake Arizmendi