Maguey
Synopsis
Maguey is a film that shows the validity of the maguey plant in peasant and indigenous society and its overwhelming influence on Mexican art and politics. Once a symbol of identity, today the maguey has been declared endangered by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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