Films by Dr. Janina Möbius

Germany 2019, 43 min
by Dr. Janina Möbius

In the south of Mexico, the dye indigo has been obtained from the indigo plant in the traditional, very labor-intensive way for centuries. The indigenous women in the mountain village of Hueyápan use this pigment to dye their traditional clothing: the dark blue skirt and their colorfully embroidered capes. Their clothing is an expression of their cultural identity.But now the blue gold is in crisis, because climate change, lack of rain and poor harvests threaten further cultivation - and with it

Germany 2017, 78 min
by Dr. Janina Möbius

Three teenagers in Mexico City: After their imprisonment they are trying to regain a foothold in society and to mentally digest their time in prison.Inside, they played theater – outside, they are fighting for their own place and role in life.CORAJE – a film about teenagers and young men in Mexican Juvenile prisons and their lives afterwards, about being trapped in structures of violence, about theatre as a potential remedy, and social roles that are difficult to escape from.