J-ok'el explained

J-ok'el
Director:	Benjamin Williams
Producer:	Juan Carlos Arizmendi Paola Madrazo del Río Andrés Rodríguez Franco Benjamin Williams
Starring:	Dee Wallace-Stone Tom Parker Ana Patricia Rojo Diana Bracho Jesús Ochoa Angelique Boyer
Music:	George Shaw
Cinematography:	Andrew Waruszewski
Editing:	Slater Dixon
Distributor:	Maverick Entertainment Group
Runtime:	90 minutes
Country:	Mexico
Language:	Spanish English
Budget:	$500,000 USD

J-ok'el is a 2007 Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Benjamin Williams. This film was Williams' debut.^[1]

Plot

An American man travels to a small town in Chiapas, Mexico called San Cristobal de las Casas, to help his mother when he knows that his stepsister has been abducted. Everything indicates that it is a wave of kidnappings attributed to the legendary J-ok'el (Weeping Woman). This woman had drowned her children a long time ago and her spirit has returned to take other children and thus forget her own suffering.^[2]

Awards

The film won gold medal for best music in the Park City Film Festival in Park City, Utah.^[3]

Trivia

J-ok'el means "weeping woman" in Tzotzil language.

The budget was $500,000 USD.

Soundtrack listing

Music written and conducted by George Shaw^[4]

1. "The Legend of La Llorona" - 2:21
2. "Journey to Mexico" - 2:32
3. "Carolina Apparition" - 0:48
4. "Nocturnal Abduction" - 1:16
5. "Missing Child" - 0:46
6. "The Weeping Woman" - 1:48
7. "Prayers for the Missing" - 3:24
8. "Scaredy Dog" - 0:16
9. "Market Chase" - 3:25
10. "Siblings Snatched" - 1:30
11. "He Left Me" - 1:42
12. "Kids in the Dark" - 1:06
13. "Flashlight Clue" - 0:57
14. "Now You Will See" - 0:43
15. "Mistaken Identity" - 1:57
16. "Fernando Taken" - 1:28
17. "It's J-ok'el" - 1:42
18. "The Search" - 4:03
19. "Cavern Confrontation" - 4:28
20. "Cemetery" - 3:19
21. "J-ok'el" - 2:57

Notes and References

1. Presentan J-ok'el. Mayra Adauto Gómez . Esmas.com. Feb 27, 2007. Sep 13, 2011.
2. J-ok'el: la llorona se aparece en Chiapas. Anodis.com. Mar 5, 2007. Sep 13, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110501104614/http://anodis.com/nota/8753.asp. May 1, 2011. dead.
3. J-ok'el, la Llorona. Rodrigo Delgado. RodrigoDelgado.com. Apr 5, 2009. Sep 13, 2011. June 8, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090608073741/http://www.rodrigodelgado.com/2009/04/j-okel-la-llorona/. dead.
4. J-ok'el / Marcus. David Doncel . BSO Spirit. July 5, 2008. Sep 13, 2011.