Chabochi

The Mexico of 1916 is in upheaval and even the folds of the Sierra Tarahumara can’t protect its inhabitants from the clashes of the past with the future. Mexico is seeking its identity and the Ibarra family epitomizes that search. Fortunata Ibarra joins Pancho Villa and his revolutionaries when they pass through the old mining town of Batopilas. The rugged reality of battle transforms her more than Mexico. Pablo Ibarra cannot stay out of the mountains consternating his father who wants him to enter the life of modern Mexico. Instead Dionicio a Tarahumara Indian and his family befriend Pablo and teach him their language their culture and their healing ways. Yet Pablo remains a Chabochi a white man in the eyes of the Tarahumara and to the sorcerer Zafiro a rival. Martín Ibarra the musician and middle child has never had any great aspirations for himself or his country. Neither has he had any conflicts. Martín encourages Pablo to seek contentment in Batopilas and sets out to find what the Revolution has done with their sister Fortunata. Chabochi is an expansive story that covers dramatic landscapes times and cultures. It is a journey into the mountains of Northern Mexico to discover a past that in some ways is still present.