Tour '99

TOUR '99

These three works are compiled on one videotape.

Tour `99 is a compilation of three programs which make up a useful introduction to the Chiapas Media Project;

The Sugar Cane Collective (El Collectivo de la Caña de Azucar); New Year 1999, Ejido Morelia (Año Nuevo 1999, Ejido Morelia)

Tour '99: The video begins with a short description of the Chiapas Media Project including interviews with students involved in our workshops on computers and human rights promoters, and a workshop dedicated to training indigenous women. They discuss how and why this technology is important for their communities.

The Sugar Cane Collective illustrates a central activity of the municipality of El Trabajo, where men, women and children combine efforts to produce sugar with hand-made tools, hard work and joy. This amazing video was produced and edited "in camera" (after only having had a four day video workshop), and demonstrates the talent and creativity of the indigenous videomakers.

New Years Eve 1999, Ejido Morelia documents New Years eve festivities, the most important celebration of the year, held in the context of government oppression. This video was produced by two videomakers from the region of San Andrés.

Contiene la descripción general del proyecto de medios de comunicación en Chiapas: los talleres de video, computo, mujeres, Derechos Humanos y dos documentales, el colectivo de la caña de azúcar y el V Aniversario del levantamiento armado en Ejido Morelia.

Festivals:

1999 The VI American Festival of Indigenous Film and Video, Guatemala

1999 First Nations Native American Film and Video Festival, Chicago, Illinois, USA

1999 Museum of Modern Art, “New Documentaries Series,” New York City, USA

1999 Vermont International Film Festival, Burlington, VT USA

2000 ImagineNative Aboriginal Media Arts Festival, Toronto, Canada

2000 Native American Film and Video Festival, New York City, USA