Original title
Liza… Como Ella (Liza… Like Her)

Year
2005

Runtime
32min.

Country
Panamá

Director
Annie Canavaggio

Producer
Annie Canavaggio

Languages
Kuna and Spanish

Photography
Carlos Arango de Monctis

Sound
Franklin Hernandez

Edition
Laura Fong

Field Producer Panama
Dionel Alvarez

Field Producer On Location
Kuna Yala – Wago

Production Co.
Marina Productions

Genre
Documentary

Synopsis / Plot

Liza is a master molamaker, she lives in the Kuna islands of Panama and is part of the Kuna Yala community.
For years she has sold beautiful crafts: molas to the thousands of tourists that visit Kuna Yala. Liza appears on books as one of the best mola makers on the islands. But things are changing in Kuna Yala and the western World is taking over.
Liza tries to defend her origins, but is difficult even more difficult because Liza was born a man and decided to become a woman at 12; a kuna woman.