2003 | Color | 13 min 30 seg Our Land Is Not For Sale Over ten years ago, the government wanted to build a huge hydroelectric dam in the Alto Balsas region in Guerrero, threatening the existence of 22 native communities. The communities organized, struggled, protested, and resisted in many ways, and managed to suspend construction. Now the same communities have discovered that the plan to build the dam is being reactivated. Country: México Direction: Monteforte; Guillermo Script: Monteforte; Guillermo Production: Ojo de Agua Comunicación; Photography: Monteforte; Guillermo Sound: Morales Rodríguez; Clara Music: Banda de San Juan Tetelcingo;, Fernández; Pablo, Banda de San Miguel Tecuiziapa; Participation year at FICM: 2004
2003 | Color | 13 min 30 seg Our Land Is Not For Sale Over ten years ago, the government wanted to build a huge hydroelectric dam in the Alto Balsas region in Guerrero, threatening the existence of 22 native communities. The communities organized, struggled, protested, and resisted in many ways, and managed to suspend construction. Now the same communities have discovered that the plan to build the dam is being reactivated. Country: México Direction: Monteforte; Guillermo Script: Monteforte; Guillermo Production: Ojo de Agua Comunicación; Photography: Monteforte; Guillermo Sound: Morales Rodríguez; Clara Music: Banda de San Juan Tetelcingo;, Fernández; Pablo, Banda de San Miguel Tecuiziapa; Participation year at FICM: 2004
Naxo Café manda saludos Girls and boys from the pre-school Naxo Café, in Barrio Plan de Carril, Huautla de Jiménez. Paco shows his house, Fabián his ranch; other boys and girls make slings, tortillas and many other things. This is a video letter that asks boys and girls to respond. See More
Respondan a esta videocarta de Chicahuaxtla Girls and boys from the Triqui indigenous group weave, make tortillas and show their familiarity with the plants, mushrooms and fruits of the forest. We see how they build a temazcal. This is a video letter in which girls and boys from Chicahuaxtla share their lives and knowledge, waiting for answers from other indigenous peoples and communities. See More
Candelaria Loxicha saluda a todos los niños y niñas Both deaf and listening girls and boys play in the lush forest they hang from branches, climb trees to pick oranges, and show us sign language. This is a video letter in which these children share their experiences, and wait for responses with other video letters. See More
Visit the Beaches of Michoacán 10 · 29 · 26 The 24th FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 12 10 · 23 · 26 LOS LOBOS: NATIVE SONS by Piero F. Giunti and Doug Blush Screened at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26 LA MUERTE ES TEMPORAL, EL AMOR ES ETERNO A Short by Cerveza Victoria Celebrating Day of the Dead at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
LA MUERTE ES TEMPORAL, EL AMOR ES ETERNO A Short by Cerveza Victoria Celebrating Day of the Dead at the 24th FICM 10 · 23 · 26
