FREE - Yagán Lessons

Name: FREE - Yagán Lessons
Rating: 3

Director

Rodrigo Tenuta Ignacio Leonidas

Synopsis

The Yagán Paiakoala community resides in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. They are the descendants of the first people who inhabited the southernmost islands of our planet for more than 8.000 years. Catalina Yagan is 89 years old. She still remembers how her grandfather Asenewensis sang to her. Victor and Roberto Vargas are her sons. They both start a horse ride, from the indigenous reserve that they currently occupy through the coasts of the Onashaga Canal in search of their ancestral reflection.

Twakana means "teaching" in Yagán and as they travel, the two sons have a connection with the ritual songs of Asenewensis. The Yagán language floats in the air and dances with the harsh nature of the region and the sensibility of an ancestral community that is truly alive.

Cast

Catalina Yagan, Victor Vargas, Roberto Vargas

Crew

Director of Photography: Ignacio Leonidas; Sound: Jose Pera; Production manager: Pablo De Antueno

Festivals

Director's Filmography

Rodrigo Tenuta

- Río Grande, lo que el viento no arranca lo arraiga, 2022

- La historia del Fuego/the Fire Stories, TV series, 2022

- Abismo, short 2021

- Twakana Yagán, short, 2020

- Vika Mora - Buceo Piel, music video, 2018

- El Secreto/the Secret, short, 2017

Ignacio Leonidas