ALEXA. A TALE OF THE MIXTECA

“Alexa: a tale of the Mixteca” is about family ties, migration, climate change, discrimination, and the preservation of indigenous cultural heritage told through the voice of its women in the Mixteca Region of Oaxaca, Mexico.In Río Blanco, Oaxaca lives the Ortiz Cortés family, one of the last pottery artisans that work with clay decorated with dripping, an ancient technique exclusive to the region.