Chiapas Media Project in India: ILACI has entered into an agreement to disseminate the videos of the Chiapas Media Project in India on non-commercial basis. CMP/ Promedios is an award winning, bi-national partnership that provides video equipment, computers and training enabling marginalized indigenous communities in Southern Mexico (specifically, the Zapatista communities in Chiapas) to create their own media. Alexandra Halkin is the Founding Director/International Coordinator of the project. These videos, made since 1998, deal with agricultural collectives, fair trade coffee, women’s collectives, autonomous education, traditional healing and the history of their struggle for land. These 6000 indigenously produced videos have been screened at universities, museums, and film and video festivals worldwide.
According to Ms. Halkin, the idea of the CMP came from an Indian video on micro-credits and empowerment of women and now these CMP videos carry a lot of resonance for India. Any request for screening of these videos in India can be sent to Indranil Chakravarty.
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