Chiapas Media Project Records
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The Chiapas Media Project Records (dated 1995-2010) consist of materials created and collected by Chiapas Media Project documenting its ongoing operations, film and video production and distribution, participation in film festivals, and engagement with indigenous communities. Materials in this collection include video recordings; correspondence with speakers, filmmakers, and festival organizers; newspaper and magazine clippings; academic research; notes and notebooks for the organization's projects; distribution and festival ephemera, including brochures, programs, posters, and catalogs; and objects, including a banner, t-shirts, and badges and press passes from festivals and conferences. The collection documents the ongoing activities of the Chiapas Media Project; the ability of indigenous and other marginalized communities to advocate for themselves through media; and topics and issues concerning indigenous human rights documented in individual works, such as agricultural collectives, indigenous land ownership claims, environmental sustainability, and the Zapatista indigenous movement.
Historical Note
The Chiapas Media Project, founded in 1998 by Alexandra Halkin and Paco Vazquez, facilitated the production and distribution of media through four regional media centers built and equipped in collaboration with the Zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico. The Chiapas Media Project collaboratively produced 32 documentaries for international distribution, largely authored by community members themselves. The films, which focus on issues such as indigenous sovereignty, indigenous cultural practices, environmental sustainability, sustainable food practices, and autonomous education, have been screened at over 120 film festivals in 20 countries between 1998 and 2010, as well as many college and university campuses and other locations across the globe. The Chiapas Media Project is now known as Promedios de Comunicación Comunitaria, and has been a part of the Americas Media Initiative since 2010. Promedios continues to work with indigenous and non-indigenous communities in Southern Mexico providing audiovisual training and technical support.
Arrangement
This collection is organized into four series, one of which is further arranged in to sub-series. The contents of each series or sub-series are arranged alphabetically. The series and sub-series arrangement of the records is as follows:
Series I: Video Archive;
Sub-Series I.A: Guerrero;
Sub-Series I.B: Guggenheim Interviews;
Sub-Series I.C: Jornaleros;
Sub-Series I.D: Living Juarez;
Sub-Series I.E: TV Serrana;
Sub-Series I.F: Zapatista Communities;
Series II: Film Festivals and Screenings;
Series III: Community Organizing;
Series IV: Written Works.
Scope and Contents
The Chiapas Media Project, founded in 1998 by Alexandra Halkin and Paco Vazquez, facilitated the production and distribution of media through four regional media centers built and equipped in collaboration with the Zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico. The Chiapas Media Project collaboratively produced 32 documentaries which focus on issues such as indigenous sovereignty, indigenous cultural practices, environmental sustainability, sustainable food practices, and autonomous education. Their films and videos have been screened at over 120 film festivals in 20 countries between 1998 and 2010, as well as many college and university campuses and other locations across the globe. The Chiapas Media Project is now known as Promedios de Comunicación Comunitaria, and has been a part of the Americas Media Initiative since 2010. Promedios continues to work with indigenous and non-indigenous communities in Southern Mexico providing audiovisual training and technical support.
The Chiapas Media Project Records (dated 1998-2010) consist of materials created and collected by the media organization documenting its ongoing operations, film and video production and distribution, participation in film festivals, and engagement with indigenous communities. Materials in this collection include video recordings; correspondence with speakers, filmmakers, and festival organizers; newspaper and magazine clippings; academic research; notes and notebooks for the organization's projects; distribution and festival ephemera, including brochures, programs, posters, and catalogs; and objects, including banners, t-shirts, name badges and press passes from festivals and conferences. The collection documents the ongoing activities of the Chiapas Media Project; the ability of indigenous and other marginalized communities to advocate for themselves through media; and topics and issues concerning indigenous human rights documented in individual works, such as agricultural collectives, indigenous land ownership claims, environmental sustainability, and the Zapatista indigenous movement.
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Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Chiapas Media Project Records; TAM 774; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Alexandra Halkin in August 2018 and March 2020; the accession numbers associated with this gift are 2018.134, 2021.034, and 2021.074.
Custodial History
At the time of accessioning, some audiovisual materials were separated from the archival collection to be bibliographically cataloged and included in the Indigenous Media Collection. Those items were later reincorporated into the Chiapas Media Project Records.
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Appraisal
During processing an archivist identified published books and personal documents. These materials were removed from the collection, deaccessioned, and offered back to the donor by a curator in 2022.
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At the time of accessioning, audiovisual materials were separated from the archival collection for bibliographic management. The remaining collection was rehoused in archival boxes and described on the collection-level with a box-level inventory.
In July of 2022, the collection was arranged and described by an archivist. The collection was divided into Series based on record type and material was arranged intellectually within these Series. Wherever possible, record titles were taken directly from inventories or labels provided by the donor. Physically, audiovisual items are stored together with others of the same format.
One VHS tape (774_237) had a cracked cartridge, which was repaired by the Media Preservation Unit in July, 2022.
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Series I. Video Archive, 1995-2009, inclusive
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Scope and Contents
This Series contains videos produced by Chiapas Media Project in collaboration with indigenous community members in Mexico and across the Americas from 1998 to 2009. The video recordings include interviews, footage of daily life, and documentaries focusing on issues such as indigenous sovereignty, labor organizing, environmental sustainability, sustainable food practices, autonomous education, resistance to military brutality, and the Zapatista movement.
In addition to the videotapes, this Series contains documentation of videotape sales, licensing contracts, and video covers.
Arrangement
The Sub-Series and video titles were taken directly from inventories supplied by the donor. Within their Sub-Series, videos are arranged alphabetically.
Sub-Series 1.A: Guerrero, 2005
Scope and Contents
This Sub-Series contains work produced by Chiapas Media Project in Guerrero, Mexico.
Radio Nomanda: The Word of Water, 2005
Scope and Contents
Radio Ñomndaa is an indigenous community radio station that began broadcasting in December 2004 in the Mexican state of Guerrero. In both Ñomndaa and Spanish, the station transmits the customs and traditions of the Nanncue Ñomndaa, rooted in respect and recognition for the region's cultural diversity.
Sub-Series 1.B: Guggenheim Interviews, 2005-2006, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This Sub-Series contains video interviews with indigenous filmakers in Latin America, which Alexandra Halkin conducted with funding from the Guggenheim Foundation.
Ana Vilacama - Bolivia, 2005
Ana Vilacama y Marcelina Cardenas - Bolivia, 2005
Camara 2 Fabiola, Crisanto y Juan, Undated, inclusive
Compañeros - Garrucha y Roberto Barrios, Undated, inclusive
Compañeros - Oventic y Garrucha, Undated, inclusive
Compañeros - Roberto Barrios y Morelia, Undated, inclusive
Dante Cerano 1 - Michoacan, August 4, 2006
Dante Cerano 2 - Michoacan, August 4, 2006
Fabiola Crisanto, Undated, inclusive
Guillermo Monterforte 1 - Oaxaca, 2005
Guillermo Monterforte 2 - Oaxaca, 2005
Guillermo Monterforte 3 - Oaxaca, 2005
Ivan Sanjines, Reynaldo Yajra y Marcelina Cardenas - Bolivia, Undated, inclusive
Jeremias Tunubala - Bogota, Colombia, February 12, 2005
Scope and Contents
Created by Asociacion de Medios de Comunicacion Indigena de Colombia
Jesus Tapia y Gumercindo Yumani - Bolivia, Undated, inclusive
Juan Jose Garcia 1 - Oaxaca, 2005
Juan Jose Garcia 2 - Oaxaca, 2005
Juan Jose Garcia 3 - Oaxaca, 2005
Lucila Lema y Tomas de Pasos - Pueblo Oravalo, Ecuador, Undated, inclusive
Mariando Fabiola, Undated, inclusive
Mirada, Crisanto Manzano, Undated, inclusive
Rebeca Llasa, Pacha Cabascango y Heriberto Gualinga - Quito, Ecuador, Undated, inclusive
Teco Guarani, Abel Ticona, Ivan Sanjines - Bolivia, Undated, inclusive
Sub-Series 1.C: Jornaleros, 2006-2009, inclusive
Scope and Contents
These videotapes are source material for Migrar o Morir: Jornaleros Agricolas en los Campos Toxicos de Sinaloa (Paying the Price: Migrant Workers in the Toxic Fields of Sinaloa), as well as other videos relating to labor organizing and migrant working conditions.
Abel - DF, November 8, 2007
Scope and Contents
Content description: "Imagenes de la calle"
Albel - Barbara, July 11, 2007
Alejandro Cruz Centro de Acopio - Sinaloa, 2007
Augustina - Ayotzinapa, 2007
Augustina 2 - Ayotzinapa, 2007
Scope and Contents
Content description: "JJ3A, #3, Casa de Maria, Mujeres Bordando"
Ayotzinapa, Guerrero - C1, Panteon, Procesion de la iglesia, November 1, 2006
Ayotzinapa, Guerrero - C2, Baile-Boda, Campo-Pastoreo de las vacas, October 26, 2006
Ayotzinapa, Guerrero - C3, Boda, Pueblo, Iglesia, Musicos en la Calle, Baile-Pastel, October 19, 2006
Ayotzinapa, Guerrero - C5, Dia de los Muertos, Panteon, October - November, 2006, inclusive
Baile de Boda, 2006
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Content description: "C4, Continua Boda (27/Oct/06) y llevan plores al panteon La Lena"
Boda de Carmelo y Clara Vargas, 2007
Buen Año 2 - Culiacan, 2007
Camara de Apoyo, 2010
Campo - El 48 2006, November 27, 2006
Scope and Contents
Content description: "Llegada a los campos, niños bañandose, limpiando gales/mujer platica, niños jugando futbolito, niñas lavando/bailando, basura, tienda, videojuegos, platica con Natalia, reparticion de gas, bañando niño, explicando Margarita a mujeres y subiendo al bus"
Campos Agricolas 1, Undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Content description: "R3, Galeras, Fumigando, Jornaleros con refrescos, Bebiendo agua, Corte de vegetales, Seleccion y aromado vegetales, Niños del campo, Niños enfermos de los ojos, Amamantando niño, Subiendo al bus, Galeras, Subiendo hacia"
Campos Agricolas 2, Undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Content description: "R4, Corre vegetales, Mujeres cargando niños y trabajando, Niños trabajando, Empacando vegetales, Niños comiendo en el campo, Mujer amamantando, Familias comiendo, Cargando vegetales a camion, Subiendo al bus (Termino de jornada), Atardecer, Niños en canal, Ho... cortar"
Campos Empacadoras, Undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Content description: "R5, Lavando en canales, Mujeres bañandose en los canales, Descarga de cajas a bandas de empacado, Lavado de vegetales, Trailers cargados, Tranguis en los campos y filas para cobro"
Chinatown NYC, Undated, inclusive
Cruz Salgado Paris, 2007
Delfino 1 - Ayotzinapa, July 14, 2007
Delfino 2 - Ayotzinapa, July 14, 2007
Entrevistas - Sinaloa, November 5, 2007
Fiesta San Lucas - Cacahuatepec, October 17, 2007
Fiesta Santiago, Undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Content description: "Tenango, Baile"
Grabaciones realizadas por la familia de Ayotzinapa, November, 2006
Grabaciones realizadas por la familia de Ayotzinapa 2, November, 2006
Guerrero - Culiacan, November 26, 2006
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Content description: "R2, Hombres platicando, Parada en una tienda, Comida en restaurant, Descanso, La cocina del restaurant, Niño grabando en cocina, Comida, Condiciones del WC"
Ingeniero Jorge - Caades, 2007
Jornaleros - Agricola, JJ1, KCT 1, April 12, 2007
Jornaleros - Agricola, JJ2, April 12, 2007
Jornaleros - Agricola, JJ3, April 13, 2007
Jornaleros - Agricola, JJ4, April 13, 2007
Jornaleros - Agricola, JJ5, April 13, 2007
Jornaleros - L1, Undated, inclusive
Jornaleros - L2, February 2, 2007
Jornaleros - L3
Jornaleros - L4, March 19, 2007
Jornaleros - L5, March 28, 2007
Jornaleros - L6, April 1, 2007
Jornaleros - L7, April 11, 2007
Jornaleros - W7, Undated, inclusive
Jornaleros 1, Undated, inclusive
Jornaleros 2, Undated, inclusive
Jornaleros Master 2, Undated, inclusive
La Abuela, November, 2006
Scope and Contents
Content description: "La abuela, La iglesia, Los animales, La boda"
Let y Luciano, 2007
Marcos Matias - Mexico City, August 11, 2007
Margarita - Ayotzinapa, July 14, 2007
Margarita - DF, November 7, 2007
Margarita - Tlapa, July 14, 2007
Maria - Ayotzinapa, 2007
Matilda - Ayotzinapa, Undated, inclusive
Micaela - Ayotzinapa, 2007
Micaela y M... - Ayotzinapa, July 13, 2007
Migrar o Morir (Paying the Price), August 14, 2009
Migrar o Morir (Paying the Price) Generic Master, October, 2009
Migrar o Morir (Paying the Price) Master, 2008
Migrar o Morir (Paying the Price) Planning and Budget Documents, 2009
Migrar o Morir (Paying the Price) Production Receipts, 2006-2007, inclusive
Natalia, Undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Content description: "R7, Venta de estereos, entrevista Natalia, cassette virgen"
Natalia y Agustina - Ayotzinapa, Undated, inclusive
Pat Diaz - Oaxaca, 2007
Pedro Vargas y Diego Vasquez - Ayotzina, Undated, inclusive
Procesion de San Francisco, October 2, 2007
Procesion de San Salvador, May 8, 2007
Procesion de Santiago, July 24, 2007
Rocio y Fua - Ayotzinapa, Undated, inclusive
Salida de Ayotzinapa, November 25, 2006
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Content description: "R1, Escenas de la vida diaria, Casa de contratista, Saliendo de casa, Subiendo a pasajera, Esperando bus, Subiendo cosas al bus, Subiendo personas al bus, Niño con camara"
San Lucas - Cacahuatepec, October 17, 2007
Sr Delfino - Ayotzinapa, 2007
Taller, Undated, inclusive
Taller 1 - Guerrero, Undated, inclusive
Taller 2 - Ayotzinapa 2006, 2006
Taller 2 - Guerrero, Undated, inclusive
Taller 4-5 - Guerrero.jpg, Undated, inclusive
Taller Guerrero 2006, 2006
Toronto 1, Undated, inclusive
Toronto 2, Undated, inclusive
Untitled - Ayotzinapa, July 13, 2007
Victor - 23 de marzo, March 23, 2006
Victor - 4 de diciembre, December 4, 2006
Victor - 4 de marzo, March 4, 2006
Victor - 9 al 11 de octubre 2006, October 9-11, 2006
Victor - Tlapa, 2007
Sub-Series 1.D: Living Juarez, 1998-2009, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Living Juarez: Collateral Damage in Mexico's Drug War tells the story of the victims of Mexican President Felipe Caldaron's drug war, as well as community organizers in the Villas de Salvarcar neighborhood who protested the abuses committed by armed forces against civilians. These videotapes contain source material for the 25 minute film, which was produced in 2010, and other related videos.
Alcides/Luz Ma Federales, October, 2009
Bridge, Street, Cereso e Israel, October, 2009
Caracoles: Nuevos Caminos De La Resistencia (Caracoles: New Paths of Resistance), 2003
Caracoles: Nuevos Caminos De La Resistencia (Caracoles: New Paths of Resistance) Spanish Transcripts, Undated, inclusive
Chiapas 1, October, 2009
Chiapas 4, October, 2009
Chiapas 5, October, 2009
Chiapas 7, October, 2009
Chiapas 8, October, 2009
Chiapas 10, October, 2009
Chiapas 11, October, 2009
Chiflon 3, October, 2009
Cuando la Justicia se Hace Pueblo, 2002
Cucapas and Kiliwas 9,000 Years Later, 2008
El Curandero (The Healer), 1999-2000, inclusive
Defending the Forest: The Struggle of the Campesino Environmentalists of Guerrero (La Lucha por los Bosques), 2000
Scope and Contents
Created by Asociacion de Medios de Comunicacion Indigena de Colombia
Defending the Forest: The Struggle of the Campesino Environmentalists of Guerrero (La Lucha por los Bosques) Description and Budget, 2000-2001, inclusive
Digital materials
Defending the Forest: The Struggle of the Campesino Environmentalists of Guerrero (La Lucha por los Bosques) Licensing Contract, 2001-2005, inclusive
Defending the Forest: The Struggle of the Campesino Environmentalists of Guerrero (La Lucha por los Bosques) Research, Scripts, and Budget Documents, 2001-2002, inclusive
Defending the Forest: The Struggle of the Campesino Environmentalists of Guerrero (La Lucha por los Bosques) Transcriptions in Spanish, circa 2000-2005, inclusive
Digital materials
Don Martin y Dona Silvia at Border, October, 2009
Dona Silvia y Gustavo en Coche, October, 2009
Education in Resistance, 2000
El Esfuerzo de los Indigenas de Mut Vitz, 2000
El Paso 1, Beto O'Rourke, October, 2009
El Paso 2, Beto O'Rourke, October, 2009
El Paso 3, October, 2009
Eye Dream 1 World Description, 2001
Digital materials
Eyes on What's Inside: The Militarization in Mexico (Mirando Hacia Dentro), 2004
Feds, October, 2009
Gaby y Juarez, October, 2009
Guadalupe, MAQs, Street, October, 2009
Guadalupe, Market, Parking Lot, Burritos, MAQ's, October, 2009
La Guerra del Miedo (The War of Fear), Undated, inclusive
La Guerra del Miedo (The War of Fear) English and Spanish Transcripts, Undated, inclusive
Gustavo y Julian at Villas de Salvalcar, October, 2009
El Huerto de Zapata (Zapata's Garden), 2002
Irma Casas 2 B-Roll MAQ's, October, 2009
Israel Arzate Wounds e Irma, October, 2009
Israel Arzate y Angel, October, 2009
Kermes Villas / Julian y Guadalupe (Estetica), October, 2009
La Familia Indígena (Indigenous Family), Undated, inclusive
La Familia Indígena (Indigenous Family) y Proyecto de Medios, 1998
La Familia Indígena (Indigenous Family) Interview Transcripts in English, 1998
Lanita, October, 2009
Letters for our Words: Steps Towards Autonomy, 2006
Living Juarez Production Contract, 2010
Living Juarez Production Receipts, 2010
La Lucha del Agua, 2005
MAQ's y Don Alfredo, October, 2009
Mujeres Unidas (Women United), 1999
Mujeres Unidas (Women United) Licensing Contract, 2000
Ojo de Agua Communication, Undated, inclusive
La OMC: un peligro para los pueblos, 2003
Palabras Zapatistas Contra la Injusticia (We Speak Against Injustice), 2002
Palabras Zapatistas Contra la Injusticia (We Speak Against Injustice) Licensing Contract - Sundance Channel, 2003
The Path of the Mayos with the Other Campaign, Undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Master, English Subtitles
Paty y Alcides, October, 2009
Policia Comunitaria, Undated, inclusive
Promocion del PMC, Miradas 2, Undated, inclusive
Promocion del PMC, Ojo de Agua Communication, Undated, inclusive
Quiere Decir Que No Vamos a Pasar?, 2007
Reclaiming Justice: Guerrero's Indigenous Community Police, 2002
Reclaiming Justice: Guerrero's Indigenous Community Police Licensing Contract - Maori TV, 2003
La Resistencia, 2001
San Chris. 2, October, 2009
El Silencio de los Zapatistas (The Silence of the Zapatistas), 2001
Son de la Tierra (Song of the Earth), 2002-2003, inclusive
The Strength of the Indigenous People of Mut-Vitz, 2000
The Strength of the Indigenous People of Mut Vitz Licensing Contract, 2005
La Tierra Es De Quien La Trabaja (The Land Belongs to Those Who Work It, 2006
La Tierra Es De Quien La Trabaja (The Land Belongs to Those Who Work It Spanish and English Transcripts, 2005
La Tierra Sagrada (The Sacred Land), 2000
Scope and Contents
Camera: Franklin Quizhpe
Toxic Waste in Parago Territory, 2007
Trabajos Colectivos en Resistencia, 2000
Videos de los Altos, 1999
Villas De S. Confront. Feds y Julian, October, 2009
La Vida de la Mujer en Resistencia (The Life of the Woman in Resistance), 2005
Viva la Vida, Muera la Muerte, 2003-2010, inclusive
Viva la Vida, Muera la Muerte Spanish Transcript, 2005
Volver Vivir #6, October, 2009
Walking Towards the Dawn, 2002
Water and Autonomy, 2003
We Are Equal: Zapatista Women Speak, 2004
We Are Equal: Zapatista Women Speak English and Spanish Transcripts, Undated, inclusive
The WTO: A Threat to Humanity, 2003
Xulum' Chon: Weavers in Resistance from the Highlands, 2002
Sub-Series 1.E: TV Serrana, 1996-2010, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This Sub-Series contains video interviews with Cuban filmmakers conducted by Alexandra Halkin.
Carlitos Pedro Luis, 2010
Deflin Gomez, Ariagna, Lenia, 2010
Interview Rigo, Undated, inclusive
Mandela in Cuba, June 17, 1996
San Pablo Interviews 1, 2010
San Pablo Interviews 2, Undated, inclusive
Sub-Series 1.F: Zapatista Communities, 1995-2007, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This Sub-Series contains video interviews with members of Zapatista communities, depictions of daily life, and other video documentaries related to the Zapatista movement.
Aborto Sin Pena, 2005
Acteal Estrategia de Muerte, Undated, inclusive
Caminando Hacia El Amanecer, 2002
Camino de la Nueva Salud, 2007
Chiapas Nunca Mas, Undated, inclusive
Chiapas; the fights for land and liberty, 1994
The Damned from the War in Chiapas, Undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
May be an access copy of Andrea Chávez Peón's 1998 Damnificados de la guerra en Chiapas
Desplazados por la violencia politica: Chenalho Chiapas Mexcio, 1998
Scope and Contents
Created by Carlos Martinez Suarez
El Efecto del Tequila, 1995
Scope and Contents
Created by Gloria Ribé and José Manuel Pintado
El Ejido Prado Pacayal: violaciones los derechos humanos en Chiapas, 1995
El Ejido Prado Pacayal: violaciones los derechos humanos en Chiapas Video Insert (774_239), 1995
Entrega de Cadaueres en la comunidad union progreso municipio San Juan de la Libertad, Chiapas, Undated, inclusive
Entrevista al Subcomandante Marcos, 1994
Gallardo 1, March 22, 2010
Gallardo 2, March 22, 2010
Guerrilla Video Primer: Learn how to tape, edit, and distribute videos for radical social change, 2002
Scope and Contents
Created by the Cascadia Media Collective
Guerrilla Video Primer Cascadia Media Collective Insert (774_244), 2002
The Invisible War - Grant Paperwork, 2009
Lacandona: The Zapatistas and Rainforest of Chiapas, Mexico, 1998
Scope and Contents
Created by Native Forest Network, Eastern North American Resource Center
Marcos' Message to Freeing the Media, Undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Created by Paper Tiger TV
Memorias de San Andres, Undated, inclusive
Militares ocupan el campamento de refugiados en X'oyep: Chenalho Chiapas Mexico, 1998
Scope and Contents
Created by Carlos Martinez Suarez
Mision de Paz y Derechos en Chiapas: Entrevista con el Subcomandante Marcos, 1994
Pro-TV Work Sample, Undated, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Created by Downtown Community TV Center
Revolution in San Cristobal, Undated, inclusive
El Sueno Zapatista; Cinco anos despues, Undated, inclusive
Tour '99, 1999
Tour '99 Licensing Contract, 1999
Unlabeled Tape, Undated, inclusive
Unlabeled Tape, Undated, inclusive
Video Revista Mecapal, 2004
Video Testimonio-Counter-Insurgency, 1996
Scope and Contents
Created by Yolanda Rocio Reza Astudillo
Zapatistas, Cronica de una Reblion, Undated, inclusive
Free Speech TV - Licensing Contracts, 2001-2003, inclusive
Video Covers and Sleeves, 1995-2002, inclusive
Digital materials
Video Sales Reports, Notes, and Related Correspondence, 2001-2010, inclusive
Videotape Order Invoices, 1999-2001, inclusive
Videotape Order Invoices, 2003-2005, inclusive
Videotape Order Invoices, 2004
Videotape Order Invoices and Receipts, 2004
Videotapes Sent Log, 2003-2004, inclusive
Series II. Film Festivals and Screenings, 1997-2010, inclusive
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This Series contains ephemera and documentation from film festivals, including catalogs, calendars, programs, posters, awards, visitor passes, planning documentation, and email correspondence.
African Diaspora Film Festival, New York City, 2002
African Diaspora Film Festival - Schedule, Anthology Film Archives, NY, 2002
Alternative Media Festival, Indianapolis, 2004
Arizona Film Festival, 2001
Arizona International Film Festival, 2003
Arizona International Film Festival - Programs, 2002-2003, inclusive
Arizona Independent Film Festival - Screening Announcement, Tucson Citizen, April 19, 2001
Avanca International Meeting of Cinema, TV, Video and Multimedia, 2005
Beeld Voor Beeld Festival Voor Visuele Antropologie, Amsterdam, 2002-2005, inclusive
Berks Filmmakers Screening Poster, Reading PA, 2006
Big Muddy Film Festival, Carbondale, Illinois, 2004
Big Muddy Film Festival, Southern Illinois University - Poster, February 20-29, 2004, inclusive
Casa de América Festival, Madrid, 2006
"Chiapas by the Chiapanecos" Screening Flyer, circa 2000, inclusive
Chiapas Media Project 10th Anniversary Tour - Event Poster, Addison Road Community Centre, Marrickville, Australia, April 12, 2008
Chiapas Media Project Austin Tour Flyer, circa 2000, inclusive
Chiapas Media Project Film Festival, 2003
Chiapas Media Project Tour Posters, 1999
Chicago Latino Film Festival, 1999
Cine Invisible: Festival Internacional Filme Sozialak, Bilbao, 2010
Cine las Americas International Film Festival, Austin, circa 2006
CineEco: Festival Internacional de Cinema e Vídeo de Ambiente da Serra da Estrela, Portugal, 2002
Cinema Texas International Short Film Festival, Austin, 2001
"Concierto En Solidaridad con Atenco" - Screening Poster, Navalquejigo, Spain, November 4, 2006
Correspondence regarding festival submissions, 2001-2004, inclusive
DC Independent Film Festival, 2002
Defending the Forests (Defender los Bosques) Screening Advertisement, Chilpancingo, Guerrero, 2000
Defending the Forests (Defender los Bosques) Screening Flyer, Tempe, Arizona, 2001
Doc Aviv: Tel Aviv Documentary Film Festival, 2005
Downtown Community TV Center Screening Flyers, New York, NY, 1998
Dreamspeakers Film Festival, Alberta, Canada, 2004
EarthVision Environmental Film and Video Festival - Award, 1999
Encuentro de Documentalistas, San Antonio, 2010
Encuentro Hispanoamericano del Milenio de Video Documental Independiente, 2000
Festival Americano de Cine y Video de los Pueblos Indígenas, Bolivia, 1996
Festival Americano de Cine y Video de los Pueblos Indígenas, Guatemala, 1999
Festival Awards, 2004-2009, inclusive
Festival ¡Cine Latino!, San Francisco, 2002
Festival de Cine y Video de Pueblos Indígenas Americanos, Bolivia, 1997
Festival de Cinéma - Screening Poster, Le Télégramme,Douarnenez, France, August, 2002
Festival and Conference Badges, circa 2000-2010, inclusive
Festival Continental de Cine y Video de las Primeras Naciones de Abya Yala, 2001
Festival Internacional de Cine Drets Humans, Periódico, 2003
Festival Internacional de Cine y Formación en Derechos Humanos de las Personas Migrantes, 2010
Festival Internacional de Cine y Video de Derechos Humanos, 2000
Festival Internacional de Cine y Video de Derechos Humanos, 2002
Festival Internacional de Cine y Video de Derechos Humanos, 2004
Festival Internacional de Cine y Video de los Pueblos Indígenas, Chile, 2004-2006, inclusive
Festival Internacional de Cine y Video de los Pueblos Indígenas, Chile - Catalog, 2004
Festival Internacional de Cinema e Vidéo de Famalicão, 2003
Festival Internacional de Video Documental, 2005
Festival International du Film d'Amiens, 2000
Film Festival of Douarnenez, 2002
Film Screenings - Flyers, 1998-2010, inclusive
"Films from the Chiapas Media Project and Guest Speaker Aasia Mohammad Castañeda" - Screening Poster, Communication Arts Cinematheque, Ramapo College, NJ, Undated, inclusive
Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, 2008
Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, 2009
First Nations Native American Film and Video Festival, 1999
First Peoples' Festival (Présence Autochtone), Québec, 2001-2002, inclusive
First Peoples' Festival (Présence Autochtone), Montréal, 1999
First Peoples' Festival (Présence Autochtone), Montréal, 2000
First Peoples' Festival (Présence Autochtone), Montréal, 2001
First Peoples' Festival (Présence Autochtone), Montréal, 2002
First Peoples' Festival (Présence Autochtone), Montréal, 2003
First Peoples' Festival (Présence Autochtone), Montréal, 2004
First Peoples' Festival (Présence Autochtone), Montréal, 2005
First Peoples' Festival (Présence Autochtone), Montréal, 2006
First Peoples' Festival (Présence Autochtone), Montréal, 2009
First Peoples' Festival (Présence Autochtone) - Press, Le Devoir, June 4, 2006
FORUMDOC.BH, 2004
Geografías Suaves Regional Festival, Mérida, Yucatán, 2003
Geografías Suaves Regional Festival, circa 2004
Geographical Imaginaries and Hispanic Film Cinemateca, 2009
Global Visions Festival, Edmonton - Program, 1999
Gouel ar Filmoù Festival de Cinéma de Douarnenez, 2002
Green Vision Film Festival, 2004
Green Vision Film Festival - Diploma, 2004
Human Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean - Screening Poster, Rutgers University, NJ, 2009
imagineNATIVE Aboriginal Media Arts Festival, 2000
imagineNATIVE Aboriginal Media Arts Festival, 2003
imagineNATIVE Aboriginal Media Arts Festival, 2004
imagineNATIVE Aboriginal Media Arts Festival, 2005
imagineNATIVE Aboriginal Media Arts Festival, 2006
Indigenous Mexico Film Festival, Chicago, 2007
Inventa un Film, Lenola, 2006
Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee, 2003
Living Juarez Screening Poster, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX, Undated, inclusive
Los Angeles Freewaves Festival, 2000
Maine International Film Festival, 2003
Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival, 2002
México Indígena Film Festival - Poster, Chicago, US, 2006-2007, inclusive
Monterey Bay Film Fest, 2000
Muestra de Cine y Cooperación, 2005
Muestra de foto-cine y cooperación, 2002
Museum of Modern Art Calendar, 1999
Museum of Modern Art Festival of Non-Fiction Films, New York City, 2002
Museum of Modern Art - Film and Media Exhibitions, December, 2002
Native American Film and Video Festival, 2000
Native American Film and Video Festival, 2003
Native American Film and Video Festival, 2006
Native American Film and Video Festival, 2009
Native Spirit Festival - Screening Program, The Latin American Association, London, UK, June 4-9, 2007, inclusive
Nunavik First Peoples' Festival, Montréal, 2000
"Of Earth and Sky" Film Screening, American Museum of Natural History, 2001
Ojo del Condor Tour - Correspondence, Schedules, and Flyers, 2001-2002, inclusive
Digital materials
Open Cinema Film Festival, 2010
The Other America Film Festival, San Antonio, 1999
Panorama of Ecological Films, Greece, 2006
Paper Tiger TV NYC Schedule, 1999
Paying the Price Screening and Discussion Flyer, 2010
Primer Encuentro de Estudios Visuales, Peru, 2005
Puntos de Vista: Viewpoints from Chiapas and Guerrero - Screening Poster, the Film and Video Center of the NMAI, 2002
Raíz de la Imagen Festival Internacional de Cine y Video de los Pueblos Indígenas, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2006
Raíz de la Imagen Festival Internacional de Cine y Video de los Pueblos Indígenas, Oaxaca, Mexico - Catalog, 2006
"Refocusing Chiapas" - Screening Poster, Lebron-Wiggins-Pran Cultural Center, Hampshire College, NH, Undated, inclusive
Rural Route Film Festival, 2003
Sámi Film Festival, 2004
San Diego Latino Film Festival, 2005
Silence of the Zapatistas Screening Advertisement, Salinas Weekly, May, 2001
Sin Fronteras Film Festival, 2003
Sundance Film Festival, 2000-2001, inclusive
Swarthmore College Screening Flyer, circa 2000, inclusive
Taiwan International Documentary Festival, 2004
Taller Internacional Sobre Comunicacion y Desarrollo, 2004-2005, inclusive
Taos Talking Picture Festival, 2000
Taos Talking Picture Festival, 2002
Toronto International Environmental Film and Video Festival, 2001
TV or Not TV: Celebration of Experimental Media Arts, Los Angeles, 2002
txostena, Spain, 2005
United Nations Association Film Festival, 2000
United States Tour 1999 - Corresopondence, Contracts, Receipts, 1999
United States Tour 2000 - Correspondence, 2000
United States Tour 2001 - Itineraries, 2001
United States Tour 2002 - Itineraries and Correspondence, 2002
United States Tour 2003 - Correspondence, 2003
University Film Screening Contracts, 2005-2006, inclusive
Vermont International Film Festival, Burlington, 1999
"Video Series: Puntos de Vista / Viewpoints from Chiapas and Guerrero," - Screening Announcement, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian New York Times, November 1, 2002
Viva México: A Retrospective of Mexican Cinema, Florida, 2007
Voices from the Waters Film Festival, 2009
Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, Nevada City, CA - Program, 2004
Wild Spaces Environmental Film Festival, 2001
Winnipeg Aboriginal Film and Video Festival, 2006
WorldFest Houston - Defending the Forests: The Struggle of the Campesino Environmentalists of Guerrero Gold Special Jury Award, 2002
WorldFest Houston - Reclaiming Justice: Guerrero's Indigenous Community Police Silver Award, 2003
X Festival Internacional de Documentales, Santiago de Cuba, 2009
XicanIndie Filmmakers' Fest, Denver, Colorado, 2003
Series III. Community Organizing, 1996-2011, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This Series contains documents pertaining to the community organizing work of Chiapas Media Project, including workshops and speaking engagements, regional media centers, and youth media delegations. It also includes administrative documentation related to the Cuentos Foundation, Promedios offices in Chicago and Mexico, fundraising activities, grant applications, and budgets and expenses.
Aasia Mohammad Castaneda and the Chiapas Media Project - Event Poster Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, PA, March 21, 2007
Aepoch Fund - Grant Paperwork, 2009
Alexandra Halkin Bank Statements, 2008-2011, inclusive
Alexandra Halkin - Mexican Visa Paperwork, 1999-2000, inclusive
Amazon Watch Conference - Contacts Directory, 1999
American Anthropological Association 15th Annual Meeting, 2006
The Angelica Foundation - Grant Paperwork, 2007
Asociacion de Medios de Comunicación (AMCIC) - Presentation, 2005
Australian Indigenous Media - Resources from 2004 tour, 2004
"¡Ayuda A Chiapas! Help Chiapas!" - International Caravan to Chiapas Event Poster, Pastors for Peace and Caravana Mexicana Para Todos Todo, March, 1995
Bi-National Educational Campaign on Migrant Workers in the Toxic Fields of Sinaloa - Grant Paperwork, 2008
Bi-National Youth Video Production Teams, 2000
Bi-National Youth Video Production Teams - Budgets and Receipts, 2000
Camera Training Manuals, Undated, inclusive
Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de las Casas - Microbus Contract, 1998
Chiapas Media Project Banner by Josh MacPhee, 2000
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Chiapas Media Project - Budget Ledgers and Reports, circa 1998-2010, inclusive
Digital materials
Chiapas Media Project - Chicago Office Correspondence and Administrative Documents, 2008-2010, inclusive
Chiapas Media Project - General Information, 2005-2010, inclusive
Chiapas Media Project - Posters, Undated, inclusive
Chiapas Media Project Presentation Flyer, Savannah, Georgia, Undated, inclusive
Chiapas Media Project - Spanish Flyers, 1998
Chiapas Youth Media Project, 1996-1998, inclusive
Chiapas Youth Media Project - Interview Translations, 1998
Chiapas Youth Media Project - Letters of Support, 1996-1998, inclusive
Chiapas / United States Indigenous Video Exchange Project, 1999
Community Human Rights Defenders Network, 1999
"Comunalidad y Autonomía" Bandana, Oaxaca, 2006-2007, inclusive
"Confronting Globalization in Southern Mexico" Event, Buffalo, New York, 2003
Consejo Latinoamericano de Cine y Comunicación de los Pueblos Indígenas (CLACPI), 2004-2006, inclusive
"Contra El Silencio y El Olvido; La Voz de Los Pueblos Indigenas de Mexico" - Event Poster, Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña, Chilpancingo, 2004
"Conversations Across Cultures: Mexican Ways of Knowing" Conference, Columbia University, 2003
Correspondence with Donors, Festivals, and Universities, 1998-2007, inclusive
Digital materials
Cuentos Foundation Bank Statements, 2008-2010, inclusive
Cuentos Foundation Checkbooks, 2007-2009, inclusive
Cuentos Foundation - Descriptive and Administrative Documents, 2007-2010, inclusive
Cultivo de Café Orgánico - Budget and Notes, 1999
European Initiative for Democracy and Human Rights - Grant Application, 2001
Fair Food Across Borders Campaign - Budget Documents, 2009
Festival Internacional de Video Documental, Venezuela, 2005
Grant Research Notes, circa 2003
Guerrero Video Productions and Workshops - Receipts, 2006-2008, inclusive
Guerrero Video Workshops - Description and Budgets, 2003
"In Our Own Image" Public Forum Flyer, Auckland, circa 2008
Independent Media Conference, Marshall University, 2002
Interview with Danny Glover and Stephanie Black re: Frantz Fanon, 2005
Lakota-Anichinaabe Tour - Grant Paperwork, 2005
Latin American Studies Association Congress, 2004-2007, inclusive
Letters of Recommendation and Support, 2000-2002, inclusive
Media Delegations - Evaluations, 1998-2000, inclusive
Digital materials
Media Delegations - Receipts, 1998
Media Delegations - Release Forms, 1998-1999, inclusive
"Mexico's Failed Drug War" Talk by Alexandra Halkin - Poster, Undated, inclusive
Millenium Delegation - Information Package, 1999
OURMedia: "Strengthening Citizens' Communication" Event, Barranquilla, Colombia, 2003
Paco Vazquez Speaking Tour, 2005
Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) Conference, 2006
Peace Development Fund - Grant Paperwork, 2002-2010, inclusive
Postcards and Indigenous Media Ephemera, circa 2000-2005, inclusive
Promedios Brochure Designs, 2000-2002, inclusive
Digital materials
Proyecto Latinoamericano Presentation to the European Union, 2000
Digital materials
"Proyecto de Medios de Comunicacion en Chiapas" T-Shirts, Undated, inclusive
Rainforest Action Network - Grant Applicant Information, 2001
Digital materials
Receipts - Chiapas Media Centers, 2003-2006, inclusive
Receipts - Chicago Office, 2003-2010, inclusive
Receipts - Equipment Purchases and Donations, 1998-2000, inclusive
Receipts - Mexico Office, 1998-2002, inclusive
Receipts - OSI Grant, "Drug Policy" Conference, 2009
Receipts - Travel, 1999-2008, inclusive
Receipts - Travel, Equipment, and Supplies, 1998-2006, inclusive
Receipts - Travel and Vehicle Repairs, 1998
Receipts - USPS, 2008
Red de Iniciativas Por el Video Indigena Latinoamericano (RIVIL) - Guggenheim Project, 2004
Reducing Hunger and Food Insecurity in California's Rural and Farmworker Communities Roundtable, San Marcos, CA, March 10, 2010
Reebok Human Rights Award Ceremony Program, 2005
Reebok Human Rights Award Nomination for Carlos Perez Rojas, 2004
Regional Media Centers - Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) Grant, 2003-2004, inclusive
Requests for Funding, 2001
Digital materials
"Riding the Back of the Feathered Serpent / The Zapatista Struggle: Transformation Through Alternative Communication" Workshops, May, 1999
"The Right to Communicate is a Human Right" - Poster, WACC, UK, Undated, inclusive
Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials, Philadelphia, 2011
Solidago Foundation - Grant Paperwork, 2001-2006, inclusive
United Nations Workshop on Indigenous Media, 2000
U.S. - Guerrero Community Video Project, 2001
U.S. - Mexico Fund for Culture Grant, 1999-2002, inclusive
University Letters of Invitation for Screenings and Speaking Engagements, 2007
Untitled Artwork, Beatriz Aurora, 1999
Untitled Marker Drawing, Undated, inclusive
¡Va Por La Dignidad Rebelde! - Event Poster, Centro Universitario Cultural, Mexico City, 1998
"Video Fuels a Revolution" Lecture by Alexandra Halkin, Church Program, 2002
Website Planning Documents, 2001
Digital materials
Workshop on Indigenous Media, United Nations Headquarters - Agenda and Information, 2000
Video
World Association for Christian Communication - Grant Paperwork, 2002
Yuendumu Community Government Council - Media Clearance Policy and Contract, 2004
Zapatista Figurine with Video Camera, Undated, inclusive
Zapatista Solidarity Group - Event Poster, November 17, 2005
Series IV. Written Works, 1998-2011, inclusive
Extent
Scope and Contents
This Series contains written works by and about the Chiapas Media Project, including press clippings, research publications, academic works, internal working files.