Name: THE KEEPERS OF CORN / LOS GUARDIANES DEL MAÍZ
Start: 2026-04-25T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Laperiferia

$THE KEEPERS OF CORN \/ LOS GUARDIANES DEL MA\u00cdZ$

✨ FREE CINE CLUB SESSION #4 COMING UP! ✨
THE KEEPERS OF CORN (Los Guardianes del Maíz) Documentary
Director: Gustavo Vázquez Orozco
Producers: Jonathan Barberie and Yira Vallejo
Spanish language with English subtitles
Running time: 1 hour and 28 min
📅 April 25th
🕕 18.00 – 21.00
🎟️ SCREENING – FREE ENTRANCE
Reserve your spot here:
👉 https://forms.gle/yQrdBfvGtfxBJ1P77
Program:
🍽️ 18:00 - 19:15 Enjoy an early Mexican meal + Corn Whiskey available for purchase
🎬 19:15 - 20:45 Screening
💬 20:45 - 21:00 Q&A with Producers Jonathan Barbieri & Yira Vallejo
For thousands of years, indigenous farmers in Oaxaca, Mexico 🇲🇽 have preserved a unique seed exchange tradition that keeps milpa farming alive.
At the heart of this practice is a gathering in Ejido Unión Zapata, Oaxaca, where 500+ farmers exchange seeds not for money, but for biodiversity and shared wisdom.
This powerful tradition inspired Los Guardianes del Maíz, exploring the importance of protecting Mexico’s native corn and the communities that sustain it.
Filmed across Mixteca, Zapotec, and Chinantla, the film highlights both the resilience and fragility of these cultures in the face of modern challenges.
🎤 Special guests:
- Gustavo Vázquez Orozco – director and co-creator of the documentary.
- Yira Vallejo – works with indigenous farming communities promoting agrobiodiversity.
- Jonathan Barbieri – artist & whiskey master distiller, collaborating with rural communities for 30+ years.
Together, they co-created this beautiful documentary.
We’ll have a Q&A at the end with the creators!
This event is possible thanks to:
AgaveByMontiel ApS
La Periferia
🇲🇽 Mexican Embassy in Denmark.
Nixtamal Foods
The café opens at 18:00 for an early dinner
Corn whiskey by AgaveByMontiel
Tortillas by Nixtamal Foods
Taco special by La Periferia
¡Que viva el cine! ❤️🎬✨