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Chuj Boys of Summer

Max Walker-Silverman · USA · Documentary / Drama · 17 min · ♥︎ 349

Directed by Max Walker-Silverman · Starring Yack Alux, Juan Marcos Gómez, Felipe Jorge, Pedro Lucas · 2020

A Guatemalan teenager who speaks only his native Chuj language starts a new life in rural Colorado, in a true story performed by the people who lived it.

An intimate, award-winning portrait of immigrant adolescence, played by the real people whose story it is.

Speaking only his native language, a Guatemalan teenager begins his new life in rural Colorado. A true story starring those who live it.

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