Chiapas Media Project
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Chiapas Media Project was formerly known by the Spanish name Proyecto de Medios en Chiapas. The organization is now a Mexican NGO known as ProMedios de Comunicacion Comunitaria (Promedios.) It is now part of the Americas Media Initiative (AMI) and is solely a distributor of CMP/Promedios documentaries.
History
The Chiapas Media Project (CMP) was founded in 1998 by Alexandra Halkin[1] and Paco Vazquez. From the start, CMP collaborated with indigenous filmmakers from Oaxaca in creating a program to teach video and computer skills to the autonomous Zapatista communities focusing on the communities of Morelia, Oventic, Roberto Barrios and La Realidad. The Zapatista communities produced videos on agricultural collectives, fair trade coffee, women’s collectives, autonomous education, traditional healing, and the history of their struggle for land.
The Zapatistas are a highly documented indigenous movement, with hundreds of videos, films, books and websites created by people looking in from the outside. With the introduction of CMP project, the autonomous Zapatista communities were able to tell their own stories, in their own languages and from their own perspectives.
CMP/Promedios also built four media centers in the state of Chiapas, including facilities for video production and satellite internet access. Zapatista videos have been screened at film festivals, college and university campuses, and other locations across the globe.[2]
References
- ^ "About Us". Americas Media Initiative. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- ^ Gooding, Susan (November 14, 2005). "Zapatistas, Chiapas Media Project, and Paco Vazquez". News from Indian Country.