A documentary film looking at the life of a Wixarika (Huichol) Indian artist won the Best Mexican Documentary prize at the recent Guadalajara International Film Festival.
“Eco de la montaña,” directed by Nicolás Echevarría, focuses on Santos de la Torre, an “unknown” artist who created a mural for the Palais Royal subway station near the Louvre Museum in Paris.
The film follows Santos de la Torre during his pilgrimage across the 385-mile “Peyote Route” to his sacred Wirikuta lands, where he asks the gods for permission to create a new mural. Echevarría charts Santos’ creative process during the making of a mural that illustrates the history, mythology and religious practices of the Huichol people.