Medhin Tewolde Serrano
Directing
Biography
Medhin Tewolde Serrano is a film director. After her training in documentary cinema, she dedicated herself to collaborate with video and community communication processes in Spain, Tunisia, Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala. This revealed her own identity-building process as an Afro-descendant woman, and this motivated her to create her first film, Negra.
Known For
I was about seven years old the first time someone called me \"black\" on the street. I turned around to see who they were talking to, until I realized they were talking to me.
Negra
During colonial times, Nyanga was kidnapped from the coasts of Africa, brought to Mexico and enslaved. Even though he was forced to work at another man’s estate, he never stopped dreaming of freedom. Based on historical events and using shadow play techniques, “Nyanga” is an homage to the many resistances against the shackles of colonialism.