THE MOUTH OF THE GODS FILM - ONLINE PREMIERE

Sunday 13th April 2025 at 6pm - YouTube Premiere. Click here to set a Youtube Reminder.

In November 2024, THE MOUTH OF THE GODS was brought to life at Hoxton Hall. Now, we are pleased to present a new film that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the project, exploring the creative process and the making of this exploration of Latin America's Indigenous cultures.

Directed by Michael Walling, the film reveals how the production came together, blending ancestral dances, intricate embroidery, and shamanic rituals with baroque music that emerged from the meeting of European and Indigenous traditions. At the heart of the performance was the rediscovered opera San Francisco Xavier, written in the Chiquitano language by an unknown Indigenous composer.

The film highlights how Indigenous-inspired puppets, vibrant movement, and meticulously crafted cultural artefacts contributed to bringing the piece to life. It also provides insight into the research and creative journey that informed the production, with the British Museum’s Americas collection playing a key role in shaping its visual language.

"...An incredibly intense celebration of pre-Columbian art and traditions that weaves together the early music of the Spaniards, their dances and their interactions with local traditions, glorious artwork, puppetry and embroidery that is the culmination of many months of research and handiwork by people in our London communities, mostly women with Latin American connections." - Tim Hochstrasser - Plays to See *****

THE MOUTH OF THE GODS project is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players. Also supported by the Cockayne Foundation, London Community Foundation and the Marchus Trust. Co-produced by Hoxton Hall.