"The Chiapas
Collection" consists in the one dvd edition of all video works
by SEGNALE DIGITALE and A FEW STEPS PRODUCTIONS, from
the middle nineties until 2000, pointed on analysis and testimonies
about the realisation and denounciation of the bad life conditions
for indios of Chiapas, Mexico. "Esto Es
Chiapas" and "Asesinados" report
the uprising in 1995, showing points of view, problems, real life
and motivations of the indios from Chiapas, live and directly by the
voice of EZLN commanders and Subcommander Marcos.
"Esto
es Chiapas",
a documentary
which has been realised between 1995 and 1997, springs out
of two long and difficult research and documentation trips
in Chiapas and reports the overstanding of 1994, showing
points of view, problems, real life and motivations of the
indios from Chiapas, live and directly by the voices of the
indios themselves, by the interviews of the writer Oscar
Oliva and Juan Banuelos , and also by the testimonies of
EZLN commanders and Subcommander Marcos.
"Asesinados"
is a
documentation and protestation video and at the same time a
strong act of denounciation towards the State of Mexico, his
representatives and executors in the Chiapas area. It
presents very strong images of the day in which the 8
tortured bodies of the farmers representatives, disappeared
during a military assault, are given back to the campesinos
and their families.
"Asesinados" was produced with exclusive video materials
directly received by members of public resistance
committees, involved in these tragic events.
"Let's
talk about politics" is an experimental movie produced
in Mexico in 1996 with the partecipation of Steven Brown; it
shows an hypothetical and metaphorical meeting between the
opposing delegations of the ethnic group of the indios, and
the improbable representatives of an hypothetic south
american country. An ironic social comment alternated with
images of power and violence, remarking the absurdity of
that meeting and situation until an unexpected ending.
The "Photo
Collection" consists in a series of pictures from those
days, showing the uprising beauty and truthfullness of the
people from Chiapas.
For further informations about the distibution and purchase
of "the Chiapas Collection" or other video issues of
this dvd, please contact us directly by filling the contact
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