The Sower

El Sembrador

20th TDF: World premiere

Bartolomé, a teacher in a multigrade school on the mountains of Chiapas in Mexico, knows well that pedagogy is not based on textbooks and cannot fit behind the four walls of a classroom. A true sower of knowledge unravels his philosophy and method and becomes a beacon of hope for the creation of a humanistic model of education based on curiosity and love for the outside world.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Melissa Elizondo Moreno
Script: Melissa Elizondo Moreno
Cinematography: Natali Montell, Alicia Segovia
Editing: Melissa Elizondo Moreno, Raul Zendejas
Sound: Gabriel Villegas, Alicia Segovia
Music: Ivan Trevino, Ivana Bilic, Escape Ten, Michael Burritt
Production: Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematograficos (Cuec Unam), Mediodia, Laboratorio de Cultura Audiovisual
Producers: Cecilia Giron
Executive producer: Cecilia Giron, Melissa Elizondo Moreno
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Mexico
Production Year: 2018
Duration: 86'

Melissa Elizondo Moreno

Filmography

2010 Tina
2011 Looking at the Floor
2012 The Problem of Drugs
2013 Tumin. Solidarity Economy
2014 The Illusion
2017 El Sembrador | The Sower