FILM – Latina Spring: Li Cham

The Mexican American Civil Rights Institute and MonteVideo celebrate Women’s History Month with Latina Spring, a curated selection of inspiring films by Latina and Indigenous women directors! Latina Spring is presented in partnership with UNAM San Antonio and Austin Film Society Cinema.

The Latina Spring Film Series continues with a screening of Li cham (I died). Set in the highlands of Chiapas, Li cham (I died) follows three Tsotsil women — Juana, Margarita, and Faustina — who return to the land to rebuild their lives in the wake of profound personal loss.

🗓️ Tuesday, March 24, 2026  |  Doors open: 6:30 PM; Film begins: 7 PM

📍 UNAM San Antonio, 600 Hemisfair Plaza Way, San Antonio, TX 78205

🎟️ FREE

🅿️ Free parking is available after 5 PM at Alamo Lot (418 S Alamo, San Antonio, TX 78205) and Martinez Lot (S Alamo & Martinez Street). Paid parking is available at the Hemisfair Garage (623 Hemisfair Blvd). 

RSVP requested.

⭐ MACRI’s programs are funded in part by the City of San Antonio Department of Arts & Culture, Bexar County, the Mellon Foundation, the John L. Santikos Charitable Foundation Fund of the San Antonio Area Foundation, Spurs Give, and individual donors like you! Gracias! ⭐

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About the film

Li cham (I died)

Directed by Ana Ts’uyeb 2024, Mexico, 74 min

Set in the highlands of Chiapas, Li cham (I died) follows three Tsotsil women — Juana, Margarita, and Faustina — who return to the land to rebuild their lives in the wake of profound personal loss. Marked by experiences of grief and gender-based violence, they cultivate coffee, raise their children, and reclaim a life defined on their own terms. What emerges is a portrait of strength shaped by ancestral labour and communal care.

Directed by Ana Ts’uyeb and told entirely in the Tsotsil language, this lyrical debut traces the subtle influence of Zapatismo, not as a historical moment but as an ongoing framework for Indigenous self-determination and autonomy. With intimate camerawork, quiet resilience, and deep-rooted spirituality, Li cham honours a way of life that refuses erasure. Rather than dwell in mourning, the film becomes an act of renewal where memory, land, and womanhood intersect in a cycle of survival, sovereignty, and radical tenderness.