April 3 - 16, 2003
 Native
video production in southern Mexico began in the early 1990s with
the founding of the Centers for Indigenous Video in Oaxaca and
Michoacán. Since then, Mixtec, Zapotec, Mixe, Maya, P'urhepecha,
and other indigenous communicators have been producing work that
provides rich and varied views of Native life and concerns. Recently,
new, independent cooperatives in several communities have opened
up more professional opportunities for indigenous media makers,
providing access to training and post-production facilities.
Video México Indígena/Video Native Mexico (VMI)
is a national tour that brings Native people living across borders
together to meet each other and share their creativity. VMI provides
an opportunity for U.S. audiences to see new works from production
initiatives in Mexico at more than 15 screening sites. Screenings
are introduced by award-winning producers Dante Cerano Bautista
(P'urepecha) from Michoacán, and Juan José García
(Zapotec) and Fabiola Gervacio Cándido (Mixe) from Oaxaca.
The tour has been organized by the Film and Video Center of the
National Museum of the American Indian in cooperation with Ojo
de Agua Comunicación, a media cooperative in Oaxaca.
 Regional
hosts for VMI are Native filmmakers and advisors who participated
in Video América Indígena/Video Native America, a video
tour in Mexico organized in 1998 by the Film and Video Center,
Ojo de Agua, and other organizations, and screened in Mexico in
more than 15 Native communities and cities in Oaxaca, Morelos,
and Michoacán. In New York, VMI is hosted by director Randy
Redroad (Cherokee); in Wisconsin, media makers Marlon White Eagle
and Daryl Lonetree of the Hocak Nation; in New Mexico, filmmaker
and scholar Beverly Singer (Santa Clara Pueblo and Navajo). In
southern California, scholar and coordinator of the 1998 tour
Erica Wortham, community liaison Yolanda Cruz, and members of
the P'urepecha community near Fresno are all serving as hosts.
FEATURED WORKS
Selection made by Ojo de Agua Comunicación, and the Film
and Video Center of the National Museum of the American Indian.
TOUR SCHEDULE
 All
programs will be introduced by indigenous videomakers from Mexico.
Programs will be presented in Spanish and English. Except where
noted, all videos are subtitled into English from Spanish and
indigenous languages and admission is free.
New York City
April 3, 2003, 6-8 pm
National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye
Center, Auditorium
Reservations recommended. RSVP at (212) 514-3737. For more information
call (212) 514-3730 or email fvc@si.edu.
Historias Verdaderas/True
Stories; Yah
Gaal Biaa/The Soap Tree; Lhallchho/Our
People; Lo'Hil
K'in/The Taunt Celebration.
US premieres.
April 4, 2003, 3:30-5:00 pm
New York University, Performance Studies, 721 Broadway,
6th Floor
Reservations recommended. (212) 998-3759 or www.nyu.edu/fas/cmch
Historias Verdaderas/True
Stories; Así
es mi Tierra/My Homeland is Like This; Xanini/Corn
Stalks.
April 5, 2003, 7:00 pm
St. Joseph Church/Iglesia de San José, 185 Suydam
St., Brooklyn, NY.
For more information call El Proyecto de los Trabajadores Latinoamericanos:
(718) 486-0800
Community screening with selection of works on tour.
Wisconsin
April 7, 2003, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Ho-Chunk Hotel and Convention Center, Lower Dells Ballroom
A, S3214 Hwy 12, Baraboo, WI.
For more information call (608) 356-6210
Community screening with selection of works on tour.
April 8, 2003, 4:00 - 7:00 pm
Chicano/a Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison,
317 Ingraham, 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI.
For more information call (608) 263-4486
Screening and discussion of works on tour.
 New
Mexico
April 9, 2003, 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Poeh Center, Pojoaque Pueblo, NM.
For more information call (505) 455-1110 or go to www.poehcenter.com
Community screening + selection of works on tour.
April 11, 2003, 4:45 pm
Taos Talking Picture, The Forum, Taos, NM.
Information and reservations: (505) 751-0637 and www.ttpix.org
Historias Verdaderas/True
Stories; Pidiendo
Vida/Petition to Life; Guia
Toó/Powerful Mountain
Taos Mountain Award 2003 - Taos Talking Pictures has
selected Ojo de Agua Comunicación to receive its Taos
Mountain Award. Usually given to recognize the lifetime achievements
of an outstanding aboriginal film professional, the award is
going this year to a collective organization for Native media
in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca.
April 11, 2003, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico, 1701 4th
Street, SW, Albuqerque, NM (intersection of Av. César
Chávez)
For more information call (505) 246-2261 or go to www.nhccnm.org
Screening and discussion of works on tour.
 California
April 12, 2003, 6:00 pm
FIOB/Frente Indígena Oaxaqueño Binacional,
2014 Tulare Street, Conference Room, Fresno, CA.
For more information call (559) 499-1178 or go to www.laneta.apc.org/fiob/
Screening and discussion of works on tour.
April 13, 2003, 4:30 - 6:00 pm
San Joaquín Church/Iglesia San Joaquín,
401 W. 5th Street, Madera, CA, 93637.
Cortos Taraspanglish/Taraspanglish
Shorts + selection of works on tour.
April 14, 2003, 4:00 pm
University of California - Los Angeles, 179 Haine Hall.
Screening and discussion of works on tour.
April 15, 2003, 6:00 pm
Casa del Mexicano, 2003 Calle Pedro Infante, Los Angeles,
CA.
Cortos Taraspanglish/Taraspanglish
Shorts + selection of works on tour.
PARTICIPANTS
ORGANIZATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Regional hosts and advisors:
- Yolanda Cruz
- Alex Halkin
- Daryl Lonetree
- Guillermo Monteforte
- Javier Sámano
- Jason Silverman
- Beverly Singer
- Marlon White Eagle
- Erica Wortham
Muchas gracias:
Credits:
- Photos courtesy of: Ojo de Agua and EXE Video Indígena
- Design: Diane Bonder.
- Video Mexico Indígena Tour Staff
Senior Advisor: Elizabeth Weatherford
Project Coordinator: Amalia Córdova
Program Assistant: Gabriela Zamorano
Administrative Assistant: Kim Hudson
- Native Networks/Redes Indígenas Website Team
Wendy Allen
Sergio Julián Caballero
Nora McCartney
Erica Wortham
Funders:
Major support for Video México Indígena/Video
Native Mexico has been received from The Ford Foundation
and the Latino Initiatives Fund, administered by the Smithsonian
Center for Latino Initiatives. During the year extensive Mexican
film and video programming at the George Gustav Heye Center
in New York City has been made possible with public funds from
the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and through
the generosity of the MetLife Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation.
Image credit: VMI
in Taos, New Mexico. Left to right: Dante Cerano (P’urehepecha),
Fabiola Gervasio (Mixe), Guillermo Monteforte, Sergio Julián
(Mixtec), Juan José García (Zapotec) - photograph
by Amalia Cordova/Film & Video Center.; Still from Historias
Verdaderas; Still from Historias Verdaderas; Rufino
Domínguez (Mixtec) and Juana Soto (P’urépecha)
at community screening in Madera, California. Video México
Indígena tour, US 2003 - photograph by Amalia Cordova/Film
& Video Center.; VMI in Taos, New Mexico. Left to right: Dante
Cerano (P’urehepecha), Fabiola Gervasio (Mixe), Guillermo
Monteforte, Sergio Julián (Mixtec), Juan José García
(Zapotec) - photograph by Amalia Cordova/Film & Video Center.;
Dante Cerano (P’urépecha) and Juana Soto (P’urépecha)
with members of the P’urépecha community in Madera,
California. Video México Indígena US tour, 2003
- photograph by Amalia Cordova/Film & Video Center.
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