For Immediate Release
November 2, 2009

Free Community Screening of "Serpent and the Sun - Tales of an Aztec Apprentice"

The film will be shown Thursday, Nov. 5 as part of the Redwood City International Latino Film Festival.

The "Serpent and the Sun - Tales of an Aztec Apprentice" will be shown Thursday, Nov. 5 at 6 p.m. in the Cañada College Main Theater. Admission is free. The film is part of the Redwood City International Latino Film Festival.

Tachi is 21 and has lived below the poverty line all of his life. He is a member of the Revolutionary Zapatista Collective in Mexico City who is searching for his roots. Ehe is a 52nd generation Aztec medicine man and traditional healer. Through a series of extraordinary circumstances the two meet and Tachi's life is changed forever. Beautifully shot, The Serpent and the Sun was filmed on a month-long journey through the mountainous and rural landscape of Mexico.

This riveting documentary explores cultural roots, the cult to mother Earth, and the ancestral knowledge of the Aztec tradition. A powerful visual feast that combines dreamlike panoramic landscapes with memorable characters and heartwarming stories while tracing the adventures of this unlikely duo-a shaman and his apprentice- as they travel through rural Mexico on a journey of epic proportions.

For more information, contact Robert Hood, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, at hoodr@smccd.edu or 306-3340