Tlin Kelnamike No Lola (My Grandmothers Memories)

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Tlin Kelnamike No Lola (My Grandmothers Memories)

A woman wearing a checkered pink apron sits indoors, facing the camera. The background features various household items, including hanging utensils and cloth. The lighting is soft, creating a homely atmosphere reminiscent of Tlin-Kelnamike-No-Lola-(My-Grandmothers-Memories).

Tlin Kelnamike No Lola (My Grandmothers Memories) is a short documentary film created in The Representation Project’s 2021 Youth Media Academy in partnership with Anahuacalmecac International Baccalaureate World School in Cuentepec, Mexico. In this short documentary film, Jocelyn interviews her grandmother about growing up in the town of Copalillo in Guerrero, Mexico, in the seventies and eighties. Her grandmother recounts losing her father at a young age, getting by on little money, and living without electricity until her teens.