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Roots

202217mE. Gabriel Pérez R.

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Through the stories of three older adults from Tlaxcala, we learn about the childhoods of Nahuatl and Otomí speakers who were forced to leave their native languages behind in order to adapt to a society alien to their worldview, and who now face the threat of extinction despite their efforts to preserve their languages.

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EtnographyIndigenous MexicansNáhuatlAntropology

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What is Roots (2022) about?

Through the stories of three older adults from Tlaxcala, we learn about the childhoods of Nahuatl and Otomí speakers who were forced to leave their native languages behind in order to adapt to a society alien to their worldview, and who now face the threat of extinction despite their efforts to preserve their languages.

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Roots has a runtime of 17 min and premiered in 2022.

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