Dia de Los Muertos | ‘Soñar Con Tus Ojos’
To honor death is to honor life.
Today, Nov 2, is the second and final evening of ‘Dia de Los Muertos,’ our Mexican ritual communion with ancestors and loved ones who have passed away. Oraciones, velas, cempasuchil, pan de muertos, ofrendas, espíritu y familia.
This film is a meditation on grief, healing, and remembrance, a mirror to lived experience. There is no finality of death. The spiritual dimension, the nature of the afterlife…this constitutes the essence of the day’s ceremonial action - a reverence for life.
“What is art? Like a declaration of love: the consciousness of our dependence on each other. A confession.”
-Andrei Tarkovsky
A debt of gratitude is owed to my incredible collaborators for helping me channel this energy through.
Muchísimas gracias!
Los muertos nunca se van si los vivos no los olvidan. Que descansen en paz, Chemy, Tío Pedro, Tio Oscar, Tio Andres, Mama y muchos más. Los quiero mucho.
CREDITS
Starring: Orlando Kane-Gillard & Karla Diaz-Ledon
@landoluca & @karlaledon_01
Director: @wes_walker_
Cinematography: @rexkane.hart & @wes_walker_
Edit: @rexkane.hart
Color: @josephbicknell @company_3
Makeup & Styling: @lisakanehairandmakeup & @karlaledon_01
Sound Design & Mixing: @robertpdownie
VFX: Harry Aronston & @rexkane.hart
2D Animation: @rexkane.hart
Graphic Design & Titles: @bydrozen
Voiceover: @marifergarcia88
Poetry: Tia Rita @porrita60
Music: @rosalia.vt ‘Me Quedo Contigo’
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Paralelas son nuestras vidas,
pero cuando por un tiempo
llegan a juntarse
con la mano toco el cielo
y más te quiero…
Our lives exist in parallels
but when for a moment
they draw near together
I can touch heaven with my hand
and I love you even more...
- Rita Vasquez Arrevalo
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