Cabeza de vaca happens to be a form of Mexican entry into the circuit of art house which is a kind of favourites among most of the critics which praises the aspects of mysticism and adventure as well. In the whole time, it is relieved only by the existing brutal violence present in the film. Additionally, this film is a depiction of the rituals performed the shamanistic which is said to be supremely powerful. This is such that all the Europeans are sown to be murderous brutes here Christianity is shown to be a motivating force fort he slavery that is unbridled. There is also the striking again of political correctness.
The film shows the adventures that were done by an early “Spanish explorer by the name of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca” where he transversed and later came to be the American Southeast. He became an example of one of the survivors of the expedition of Narvaez and also the shipwreck. He later was given a title of being one Shaman amongst tribes that lived in Native America that he had encountered all along that was of help to him as he survived throughout (Ocaña, 2001). This journey had begun in the year 1528. When he…show more content… He also says that it is time for everybody to be for himself. However, there is a friar on the other raft who tells him that it is at that point where the hope he has for salvation finally ends (Alvar, 2003). Cabeza de Vaca becomes the expedition for almost eight years. What ultimately happened when he asked about what became of this expedition is that the captain died together with around 600 of the men he had carried but Cabeza himself survived and also accompanied by three other men. Those who survived were only 4 men despite the instances where they were enslaved by tribes that were Indian that was at the upper coast of the Gulf found in Mexico. They survived by making their way up to
