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El Colibrí

True healing comes from embracing life’s imperfections.

In Manuel Villarreal’s “El Colibrí,” a young girl repairs a treasured wooden hummingbird, her late mother’s last gift, bringing hope and healing to her grieving father.
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00:54
Maybe we could hang it.
01:00
Ok. Da da,
01:10
da, da, da,
01:12
da, da, da,
01:13
da, da, da.
01:17
Oh la, da,
01:27
da, da da.
01:38
Yes. OK. Yes,
01:49
it is. Hey,
02:38
throw it back. That's mine.
02:46
What's wrong with you?
03:08
It's not nice to take things that aren't yours.
03:13
I didn't mean to take it.
03:15
Sure. Looks like you did.
03:18
Just wanted to fix something.
03:20
What? That's too broken to be fixed.
03:27
I can fix it.
03:29
No, you can't.
03:30
Yes I can. Jeez.
03:32
Why do you want to fix it so bad?
03:37
My mom made it for my dad.
03:42
It was the last thing she gave him.
03:46
Nao me Jack. Yeah,
03:53
I'll take good care of it.
04:03
Yeah. So you said you needed ice and a way to
04:09
put the head on.
04:10
OK. You'll need a beak and some fetish for the tail
04:18
I tell you what,
04:19
just pick whatever you want and I'll help you glue it on
04:21
you know. Thank you.
04:54
That looks great. I know you did a really good job
04:57
painting a gold, you know.
04:58
Thank you. Oh my God.
04:59
The button. That's so cute.
05:01
I wanna look at all the colors too.
05:03
You did great. Instead of having like one color.
05:05
That's great. What's wrong?
05:11
There's no ways. Yeah.
05:17
I don't have any wings.
05:21
Listen, kid, I'm sorry,
05:22
I mean, when you don't have it you don't have it
05:23
You know, me can you,
05:46
that she can't fly without wings and,
05:50
and wine that there.
06:13
Who? Sto Osaka the terminal?
06:21
Wow. What if it breaks again?
06:31
Nada. Se Queda Roto.
06:33
Para and mama you don't come down,
07:21
make it.