La Negrada

Spoken: Spanish. Subtitles: English.

Among the black people in the Costa Chica in Oaxaca, it is socially accepted that a man lives with more than one woman. Juana and Magdalena share Neri’s love, they both know that this situation is hurting them. Juana will have to die to show Magdalena a new path for her life.

In Mexico, the afro communities represent only 1% of the total population. La Negrada is the first Mexican feature film made entirely in one of those black communities, with local people, no professional actors. To give them a voice and make them visible.