cinemaztlan :: film | Short film program: Indigenous Cinema

Short films block:
Native language

Thursday 29 October, De Balie, 21.45 hrs, 91'

	Nosotros, los que hablamos la lengua completa We, who speak the complete language Bernardo Porraz, 2008, Documentary, 12' Two young Triki students attending a Bilingual College of the Mexican state of Oaxaca see Al Gore's documentary film An Inconvenient Truth . Seeking to share this environmental message with their community as well as promote the use of the Nanj NÃ¯'Ã¯n language (also known as Triki) in new spaces, the students decided to make a voice-over of the film into their language. They carry out a series of workshops and consultations within the community in order to recover words that were no longer in use and to generate new words that they now propose to the Triki community of Yuma' Niko (San AndrÃ©s Chicahuaxtla) and neighboring towns.
	Snuu viko -El lugar de las nubes y algunas palabras perdidas The place of clouds and some lost words NicolÃ¡s Rojas, 2008, 36' This film tells us the current situation Mixtec language and the education system in Mexico. Traditions were passed by word, sometimes familiar, sometimes distant. Faced with this situation, young boy Emilio cannot decide which path to follow: one stretches to the past, before his grandparents, the other is a path laid out by the national society. Emilio will have to choose based on social criteria; it is society who lays down the first hurdle.
	Radio Chanul Pon Radio Chanul Pon JosÃ© Alfredo JimÃ©nez, 2005, 19' This is a video about how a community of coffee farmers and craftspeople started their own radio station in their native languages Tzeltal and Tzotzil. Through this radio station the Civil Society Las Abejas, in Los Altos region of Chiapas, are able to strengthen their fight for justice and defend their language and cultural identity.

INDIGENOUS CINEMA

A great chance to immerse yourself into the traditions and values of the indigenous communities of Mexico. The block comprises predominantly films made by the indigenous themselves. Through them, the festival uncovers the fascinating personal views on their traditions, their problems and the transformations they are facing. This section is subdivided in specific sub-themes: Celebrations, Traditions, Rites, Language and Resistance. Guest indigenous filmmaker Yolanda Cruz will give a master class and will participate in a discussion at the University of Amsterdam. Please the debate program for the description of this event.