#Natalia Toledo

[violettesiren]

Facing the sky like a lizard, I settle you in a trunk that smells of pine. My skin bursts with the flowers etched upon my dress. Men and hummingbirds can come and pinch me tonight; my happiness is nectar that flows. I am going to the fiestas to dance and if it rains the heart of day will hurl a rainbow upon my huipil and my eyes. When lightning falls, the sky burns, I open my lizard mouth to drink its fire.

Huipil by Natalia Toledo (Translated by Clare Sullivan)

[aescheretalks]

Biguídi' gui'chi' naaze naa:

xiñee bidxii de'chu'

beleguí biliibine xquípilu'.

Paper butterfly that sustains me:

why did you turn your back upon the star

that knotted your navel?

[sometimes-petty]

[docpiplup]

@asongofstarkandtargaryen There's a couple of comics and films I wanted to post something about them some time ago, so here they are

Black is Beltza is a duology of comics, the first one was published in 2014 and the second in 2022, and they have been adapted into two Basque animated films recently in 2018 and 2022, Black is Beltza and Black is Beltza II: Ainhoa.

One of the main things of the comics are the sociopolitical environment of the places and the period the films are set in, for example the first one is set in the 60's mainly in New York and the sequel is set in the 80's and among other places, in Pamplona.

Black is Beltza (2018)

October 1965. The Pamplona troupe of giants, a typical image of the San Fermín festivities, is invited to parade on Fifth Avenue in New York. But not everyone will be able to leave: due to racial discrimination, the North American authorities prohibit the participation of the two black giants. Based on this real event, "Black is Beltza" tells the story of Manex, the waiter in charge of carrying one of the giants. Headed for a long and unexpected journey, Manex will witness key events in history: the racial riots resulting from the assassination of Malcolm X, the eccentricities of the characters in The Factory, the alliance between the Cuban secret services and the Black Panthers, and the proto-hippie psychedelia of early music festivals.

Duration: 87 min.

Script: Harkaitz Cano, Fermín Muguruza, Eduard Solà (Comic: Fermín Muguruza, Harkaitz Cano, Jorge Alderete)

Animation Companies: ETB, Setmàgic Audiovisual, Talka Records & Films

Cast

Unax Ugalde: Manex

Isaach de Bankolé: Wilson Clever

Iseo: Amanda Tamaya

Sergi López: Warren Philips

Ramón Agirre: Xebero

Jorge Perugorria: Sargento Bravo

Angelo Moore: Rudy

María de Medeiros: Amira

Emma Suárez: Laia

Oscar Jaenada: Che Guevara

Rossy de Palma: Ruth Abransom

Ramón Barea: Ramiro

Hamid Krim: Yassim

Guillermo Toledo: Teniente Muñoz

Ander Lipus: guardia civil

Josean Bengoetxea: Juanpe, Pancho Villa

Lenval Brown: Jimmy

Valeria Maldonado: Esperanza

Sergio Arau: Juan Rulfo

Jorge Ferrera: Eliseo

Giancarlo Ruiz: Tin-Tan, Smithy, Sergei Titov

Josh Kun: Dwayne

Ray Fernández: Cte. Antonovich

Victor Navarrete: Guerrillero 1

Iban Rusiñol: Laurent

Exprai: Pedro del Taller, Hernán Cortés

Márgenes Dermer: azafata

Ramón Zumitrenko: Sf dentista

Stuart Casson: Otis Redding, Emory Douglas

KO the Knockout: Ben Cauley

Sistaeyeire: Angela Davis

Dratzo Gomex: policía fronteriza I

Marieder Iriart: Iman

Mariam Bachir: Amal

Black is Beltza II: Ainhoa (2022)

Ainhoa ​​was born by a miracle in La Paz (Bolivia) after the death, in a parapolice attack, of her mother Amanda. She grew up in Cuba and in 1988, at the age of 21, she traveled to the Basque Country to see the land of his father Manex. In the middle of the repressive conflict, she meets Josune, a committed journalist, and her gang of friends. When one of them dies of a heroin overdose, Ainhoa ​​and Josune set out on an initiation journey that will take them through Lebanon, Afghanistan and the city of Marseille. These are the last years of the Cold War and both will delve into the dark world of drug trafficking networks and their close ties to political plots.

Direction: Fermin Muguruza

Duration: 86 min.

Script: Fermín Muguruza, Isa Campo, Harkaitz Cano (Comic: Fermín Muguruza)

Music: Maite Arrotajauregi

Photography: Animation, Mariona Omedes

Companies: Co-production Spain-Argentina; Talka Records & Films

Cast

Maria Cruickshank: Ainhoa

Itziar Ituño: Josune

Manex Fuchs: Hamid

Antonio de la Torre: Rafael

Darko Peric: Igor

Ariadna Gil: Isabelle

Eneko Sagardoy: Diego

Mikel Losada: Mikel

Ramón Agirre: Xebero

Miren Gaztañaga: Amatxi Tere

Maite Larburu Iman

Ximun Fuchs: Jean-Pierre

Gorka Otxoa: Iñigo Kortatu

Fermín Muguruza: Fermin Kortatu

Jon Plazaola: Javier Salutregi

Peio Berteretxe: Didier

Maryse Urruty: Armineh

Isidro: Isidro

Joseba Sarrionandia: Martin

Maria Forni: Yady

Iban Rusiñol: Commisaire Marcel

Natalia Abu-sharar: off Sabra y Shatila

Moraysys Silva: Tania

Maykel García Cardo: Felix The Cat

Bruno Coscia: Arthur

Maria Amolategui: Amaia Apaolaza

Papet-J: Chef Chérif

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Cine “El otro lado de la cama”

Aquí tienes la ficha de la película “El otro lado de la cama”: Ficha técnica Título: El otro lado de la camaCalificación por edad: No especificada en los resultadosDirector: Emilio Martínez-Lázaro[1][2]Actores principales: Ernesto Alterio Natalia Verbeke Guillermo Toledo Paz Vega[1][2] País: España[1]Género: Comedia Musical[1]Calificación de calidad: 6,4/10 (según…

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Poetas

Karloz Atl: Entrecruza literatura, arte acción, gif art, arte comunitario, oralidad, intervención de espacios, danza, música, arte terapia y ritualidad en sus procesos creativos.

Mardonio Carballo: Como poeta ha editado varios títulos, siendo Xolo y Tlajpiajket o La Canción del Maízlos más conocidos.

Celerina Patricia Sánchez: Su obra se ha publicado en la Antología de 4 poetas contemporáneos de Oaxaca, y en la Antología de México: diversas lenguas una sola nación.

Jorge Miguel Cocom Pech: En narrativa escribió El Chilam Balam de Calkini.

Natalia Toledo: Entre sus obras se encuentran Paraíso de fisuras, Xtaga be'ne' (Flor de pantano) y Guie' yaase' (Olivo negro) con la que en 2004 ganó el premio Nezahualcóyotl de Literatura.

Briceida Cuevas Cob: Desde muy joven se inicia en la escritura maya, primero en el grupo literario GéNALI (Géneros narrativo y lírico) en el año de 1992.

[atletasudando]

El argentino Ignacio Erario, con 1:02:44 en medio maratón

Fuente: CADA Pedro Luis Gómez, tucumano residente en Córdoba, y Karina Natalia Fuentealba, zapalina residente en Buenos Aires, fueron los triunfadores en una nueva edición del Maratón a Pampa Traviesa, que organizó la Dirección de Deportes del municipio de Santa Rosa (Argentina) en una jornada de agradable clima en la capital pampeana. Se trata de uno de los maratones de mayor tradición en nuestro país y que ahora –junto al medio maratón y a las pruebas de integración- reunió a unos dos mil corredores, este domingo 16 de abril. La gran figura de la jornada fue el ascendente fondista mendocino Ignacio Erario con su excelente marca en medio maratón de 1:02:44. Terminó en esa prueba delante de nuestros maratonistas olímpicos Eulalio Muñoz (1:04:39) y Joaquín Arbe (1:05:04). Erario expresó: “Sabía que era una carrera rápida, estaba lindo el clima, salimos progresivos y después del kilómetro 5  me solté. Venía a mejorar la marca personal, me quedé corto; en la segunda parte un poco de viento, sumado al cansancio. Contento por el triunfo, por el récord de circuito, la gente alentando por la calle, se sintió el acompañamiento. "El circuito no lo conocía, sabía que era bastante plano, muy lindo para venir a buscar marca, muy rápido, de los mejores que corrí. A seguir entrenando para los objetivos que se vienen". Gómez marcó 2:21:37 para quedarse con el maratón, dentro de su agotador trajín de los últimos dos meses, ya que venía de competir en Sevilla en febrero (2:16:36) y el 19 de marzo había logrado la medalla de bronce en la Copa Panamericana en Caracas (2:16:53). Su mejor registro personal es 2:13:28, conseguido en febrero del año pasado, también en Sevilla. Ahora fue escoltado por el santafesino Juan Ignacio Toledo (2:27:08) y Simón Cabrera (2:28:42), el mejor entre los locales. En damas, Karina Fuentealba reeditó su triunfo de la temporada anterior al marcar 2:51:12 (en 2022 había registrado 2:47:32), y segunda fue Pamela Araneo, de la vecina Trenque Lauquen, con 2:55:20. El tercer puesto correspondió a Pilar Diez con 3:11.20. “Venir a correr es una fiesta, es la segunda vez que la gano de manera consecutiva. Me voy con buenas sensaciones y con ganas de volver", expresó la ganadora apenas cruzó la meta. Y recordó lo ocurrido el año pasado, con la compañía de la lluvia. "Esta vez nos acompañó el clima y la gente”. Los 21km. reunieron a varios de los mejores fondistas del país. Erario, quien el año pasado en  Buenos Aires consiguió la tercera marca histórica del país (1:02:12), ahora volvió a acercarse a ese nivel. Detrás de Erario y los chubutenses Muñoz y Arbe, se ubicaron Fabián Manrique (1:05:25), el rionegrino Alexis Corrías con su marca personal de 1:05:55 y luego luego el ex campeón nacional de maratón David Rodríguez (1:06:35). El top 10 se completó con: Manuel Córsico (7 en 1:07:02), Martín Esteban Ñancucheo (8 en 1:08:32), Laureano Rosa (9 en 1:08:42) y Andrés Maximiliano Muñoz, el mejor local (10 en 1:08:49). Rosa Godoy fue escoltada en damas por María Luján Urrutia y Andrea Changazzo. Nahuel Di Leva (FA) y Florencia Farías ganaron los 10 km.                 Read the full article

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Confusing times. Anunciante: Burger King. (Version en Inglés)

Marca: Campaña Burger King - Confusing times. Producto: Impossible Whopper. Agencia de Publicidad: DAVID Madrid. CCO: Pancho Cassis (Global CCO & Socio) // Sylvia Panico (Global COO). Director General Creativo: Saulo Rocha, Andre? Toledo (ECD). Director Creativo: Fred Bosch, David Krueger . Director Cuentas: Directora de Cuentas: Luiza Prata Carvalho // Directora de Cuentas del Grupo: Lucila Mengide, Stefane Rosa. Productora Audiovisual: MJZ. Director de Cine: Juan Cabral. Postproducción: Julieta Fernández Castagnino // Color Grade: Alejandro Armaleo // Supervisor VFX: Jonathan Monroig. Productor Ejecutivo: David Zander (Presidente/Productor Ejecutivo) // Productorra Ejecutiva Emma Wilcockson // Producer: Natalia Mussolana. Productor agencia: Director de Producción: Alejandro Falduti. Producción Musical: Pickle Music NY // Productor Creativo: Alexis Estiz // Compositor: Alexis Estiz, Dario Calequi // Producer: Lupita Alvarez // Voz: Edward Robinson . Sonido: Tres Sonido. Director de Arte: Pedro Sattin. Director de Fotografía: Leandro Filloy . Redactor: David Krueger, Guillermo Aliaga-Pueyrredo?n . Editor: Emiliano FardausJulieta Fernández Castagnino. Productora en Argentina: Labhouse. País:Internacional. Categoría: Recreación, tiempo libre y ocio. Premios Ojo: El Ojo de Iberamérica 2021: Gran Ojo en Radio / 2 Platas en El Ojo Film. Premios Cannes: Plata en Film Lions 2021

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“Prayer” - Natalia Toledo

For my grandmother’s wheelchair, for my friend Candida’s green mangoes. For houses made of brick, their damp vermillion. For the gray slats of my cradle, for spiny cacti growing on the walls. For the jicalpextles my mother got from other people’s weddings. For those days when the sun burnished my hair And my smile was the blinding bright of a salt crust. For the photographs stuck to a piece of cardboard, their swift migration to our family altar. For the petate and its map of urine stains, for the twisted trees upon the rippled water. For all that I made into a life. I sing. Translated from the Zapotec and Spanish by Irma Pineda & Clare Sullivan

[venzoff]

Yuuba' huati. Dxandí' gunaxhii guidilade lii: bisegualua' ti ñanda ñuuya' guirá xpele guibá' xisi qui ñuu dxi ñuuya' biaani' ne lii. Dolor Tonto. Es verdad que mi piel te quiso; cerré los ojos para poder mirar bajo el cielo las estrellas, pero no pude ver ninguna luz contigo.

Natalia Toledo (Lengua Zapoteca)

[sometimes-petty]

the 106th Hunger Games AU

Elisa, from District 11, was reaped at 16 for the 97th Hunger Games. She never cared for the Games, barely paid attention every year, and never wasted her envy on any winner. She has only ever wanted to live her life, and even this coudln't be allowed. The boy from her district, Otávio, revealed he loved her on the night of the interviews, and the public's emotional participation convinced the Game makers to allow for two winners. Apparently. Because as soon as they were the only two left, the one-winner rule was reinstated. Rather than killing her, Otávio tore away the bandaging that was preventing him from bleeding to death, and died in Elisa's arms. So tragic. So touching. No one ever questioned whether Elisa chose not to save him in order to go home. Guilt eats her.

Marco voluteered at 18 for the 98th Hunger Games, determined and certain to win, just as his mother had won 18 years earlier, and her father before her. And he won. And killed the girl from his district with his bare hands. And was crushed to his almost death under a rockslide and left permanently disabled. Little Mauricio, his 9-year-old son, can't wait to volunteer when his time comes. Marco loathes every day that brings him closer to that moment.

'Joana', born and raised in District 12, stepped forward in place of the girl that was reaped for the 99th Hunger Games and hadn't shown up. She accidentally killed the young son of Gerson, the Hob's most powerful mobster, so between dying in the arena or at the hands of those henchmen, at leats she would've gotten to eat as much as she wanted in the Capitol. She didn't expect to win. She didn't expect to want to. Her unfriendliness and too-long stares have protected her from the Capitol resident's lust so far. Murmurs of a rebellion have been brewing each year passing, and she's getting closer to finding a contact.

Gloria, from District 2, volunteered at 17 for the 100th Hunger Games, a Quarter Quell where only the children of past victors would be reaped. Her father died in the Games shortly before she was born, and her mother, daughter of a Peacekeeper, had been torturing her for her whole life with the mission to 'clean' her family's name. Her best friend Fernando volunteered right after her. He knew both the Capitol and his father were going to make him a poster tribute 'for not letting his disability stop him from pursuing glory for his district', but he only cared to be at his best friend's side. She made it just in time to hold his hand as he died. She bested all the victors' children, and didn't waste no smile on her victory. Some days, she can't remember what she voluteered for.

From District 4, Natalia volunteered at 14 for the 101st Hunger Games. She was part of the (secret) Rebellion led by District 13, and had been selected and trained to sabotage the Games from the inside. She failed, and won. No one from the Rebellion has been able or willing to contact her, and her only way to survive is to keep up the act. She hasn't let her guard down in years.

From District 7, Michele volunteered at 18 for the 102nd Hunger Games. Five years ago, she watched live her brother being killed by a trap set in the arena by the Head Gamemaker, Ezequiel, and she was determined to exploit the few seconds she would be in front of him to personally murder him. She was about to strike when she saw her brother among some wealthy Capitol élites. He didn't die. He joined the secret services of the Capitol in exchange for their riches. Ezequiel spared her, took her under his wing, and has been teaching her to walk the fine line between loyalties.

When he was 17, Rafael Moreira was reaped for the 105th Hunger Games, but it was Tiago who stepped forward in his place before he could react. Tiago knew his mother had always cared more for Rafael than him, and the chances of his name popping out at the next Reaping and the fraud being discovered were astronomically low. He didn't get more than a 'thank you' when he got home, but he knows of a Rebellion building connections even inside the Capitol, and for once he's feeling hopeful.

Xavier is from District 7. He's reaped at 12 for the 106th Hunger Games. He doesn't show any emotion at hearing his name being called, just the cold resignation of the last member alive of his family after they all perished in the Games. People run out of his way as he goes.

The district watch. The Capitol too. And the victors. And District 13. Connections are pulled, whispers in the hallways end with shaken hands, resolution settles in people who hadn't had light in their eyes in years. The scrawny, resigned boy is the talk of the country.

Last chance to act.

[anightfullofnosleep]

Natalia Toledo

[violettesiren]

I will not die from absence. A hummingbird pinched the eye of my flower and my heart mourns and shivers, does not breathe. My wings tremble like the long-billed curlew when he foretells the sun and the rain. I will not die from absence, I tell myself. A melody bows down upon the throne of my sadness, an ocean springs from my stone of origin. I write in Zapotec to ignore the syntax of pain, ask the sky and its fire to give me back my happiness. Paper butterfly that sustains me: why did you turn your back upon the star that knotted your navel?

Flower that Drops Its Petals by Natalia Toledo