Huémac Olivares

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.

Portrait of how Mazatec men and women manage their oracles to be able to predict diseases and to be able to cure them, through ancient knowledge, which uses everything from eating mushrooms, and cleaning with eggs, to reading corn. This documentary shares a simple look at details and moments where mysticism and tradition come to life to reach the self-knowledge of those who attend the healers in search of peace and health.

Portrait of how Mazatec men and women manage their oracles to be able to predict diseases and to be able to cure them, through ancient knowledge, which uses everything from eating mushrooms, and cleaning with eggs, to reading corn. This documentary shares a simple look at details and moments where mysticism and tradition come to life to reach the self-knowledge of those who attend the healers in search of peace and health.