Series Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Student Film
Director Rebecca Savage
Country/Production UK
Release 2006
Length 22 mins
Format Colour / DVD / PAL / All region
Location Mexico / America
Ethnic Group Nahuatl
Language Spanish (English sub)
Collection GCVA, School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester
University School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester
Order No RAI-200.3083; 209.2007.148
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The ‘Quinceañera’ celebration is a lived illusion. A day dream shared by the whole community of Tetlanohcan, a rapidly urbanising agricultural town in Tlaxcala, Central Mexico. The dream is shared even by those living and working in the USA. 'Tiempo de Vals' mixes observational footage and testimonials from three generations of women to analyse the meaning of the celebration in the context of the massive social and economic changes in this part of Mexico over the last 40 years.
