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Neither God Nor Santa María
Representation Score
6.5/10
Good
2015
Director
Samuel M. Delgado, Helena Girón
Runtime
12 minutes
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Sin Dios ni Santa María is an ethnographic documentary that disrupts conventional spiritual authority. It centers on the female experience, elevating oral traditions and folk magic over the rigid oversight of institutionalized religion. The film deconstructs religious dogma by treating historical pastoral authority as myth rather than absolute truth. This approach promotes a progressive, subjective view of morality and cultural identity. While the film excels in cultural and gendered storytelling, it lacks specific details regarding LGBTQ+ identities or disability representation.
Category Breakdown
Does Neither God Nor Santa María have LGBTQ+ representation?
The film does not explicitly feature LGBTQ+ characters. However, its rejection of traditional religious structures might allow for alternative social frameworks.
How does Neither God Nor Santa María portray gender?
The narrative focuses on a woman's daily life and her magical storytelling, challenging patriarchal hierarchies by emphasizing her role against male-dominated religious institutions.
How racially and ethnically diverse is Neither God Nor Santa María?
Themes of local folklore and historical audio recordings suggest a focus on indigenous or localized identities. The film prioritizes communal, non-Western ways of knowing.
How does Neither God Nor Santa María represent religion and culture?
The work critiques Western religious institutions by presenting pastoral voices as narrators of myth. It promotes subjective morality through secular or folk-magic perspectives.
Does Neither God Nor Santa María include disability representation?
There is no information available regarding the depiction of disabilities in this documentary.
Present on Screen
- Challenges patriarchal hierarchies by centering female storytelling and oral traditions.
- Deconstructs organized religion by framing institutional voices as mythical rather than absolute.
- Prioritizes localized, non-Western cultural identities through folklore and communal myth.
Limited or Absent
- Lacks explicit representation or character profiles regarding LGBTQ+ identities.
- Provides no information or visible engagement with disability representation.
Official Synopsis
“Since airplanes did not exist, people moved around using prayers; they went from one land to another and returned early, before dawn. In old audio recordings, the voices of pastors speak of the mythical existence of witches and their travels. In the daily life of a woman, the magic of her tales begins to materialize as night falls. Night is the time when travel is possible.”—Samuel Delgado & Helena Girón
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