While working the land in 1964, a Zapotec boy named Cándido discovered a stone-carved deity that was subsequently taken from him to be exhibited in the country’s capital. Sixty years later, Tá Cándido, along with Carlos and Edith, seeks to recover the deity and protect his ancestral legacy.

Thank you to our screening partners: Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival, Save Our Ancestors/InDigenous Education