Tleka Techkixtililia Topakilis (Why do you take our happiness away from us?)

Next Gen Student Films

Tleka Techkixtililia Topakilis (Why do you take our happiness away from us?)

A young person stands outdoors wearing a red hoodie with a Mickey Mouse design and a blue face mask. Behind them, there is a scenic view of green hills under a partly cloudy blue sky, reminiscent of scenes from a heartfelt documentary asking, "why-do-you-take-away-our-happiness?

Tleka Techkixtililia Topakilis 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 film, David shares his experience of growing up in his small town where he felt safe to be a kid and play games outdoors with his friends, but now he and other young people don’t feel safe in their community because of crime and police corruption.


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