Ts'onot / Cenote

Cenotes are extensive cave systems filled with water, located mainly on the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico. For the Mayan civilization, these caves were essential water reservoirs. They were also considered to be mythical places connecting the worlds of the living and the dead. For her experimental documentary, Kaori ODA literally dove into this mysterious realm. She lets us take a glimpse into this world not only by impressive images partly shot on 8mm film, but also through the tales of the local population: a tradition passing on ancient myths and forming its own kind of history.