“Ch’ul be” delves into the Tsotsil sacred path, exploring ancient collective
commitments that sustain the cycle of life in community. In San Andres Larrainzar,
everyone is responsible for the collective well-being, but few are chosen to follow the
path of serving the gods. ”Ch’ul be” is the path of Martha and Diego, and of Román
and his son Tino. It is a journey from the everyday to the divine, from the individual
to the collective, to ensure that knowledge is not lost and the cycle is not broken.
Humberto Gómez Pérez
Humberto Gómez Pérez (1988, San Andrés Larráinzar, Chiapas, Mexico).
A speaker of Tsotsil Maya, Humberto studied intercultural communication and
supplemented his training through different workshops and courses in writing,
technical narratives, literary and audiovisual creation and film. He has focused on
the development of works and proposals in Tsotsil. Within the framework of the
Documentary Film School of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, he made the short film
”J’vobtik, our music” and finished developing ”Ch’ul be, sacred path”, his first
documentary feature film.