Juanita

In the southern mountains from Oaxaca, Mexico, Juanita sells handmade tortillas from her home kitchen in the small community of San Mateo de Rio Hondo. Nixtamalization is the traditional process with which corn is worked, for the preparation of tortillas, tamales, and other foods of traditional Mexican cuisine.

The curious gaze of two foreigners who are spending some time in the community makes us party to the daily life of Tía Juanita's kitchen; a meeting and eating space are originated behind selling food, there is an interpersonal network of priests, tips, games, and breeding.

The attitude and personality of the protagonist overcome the speed, quantity, and low cost of production demanded by the market and the accelerated rhythms of life. A tribute to resistance and perseverance, to protect and revindicate the spaces and social links implicit in the artisanal processes of food production and sale.