Video Reports from Oaxaca

Description

LAND, RAIN AND FIRE

This short documentary tells the story of the police attack on more than fifty thousand teachers were on strike in Oaxaca, Mexico. The attack backfired as public anger transformed the strike into an unprecedented democratic insurgency, demanding the resignation of the Governor and the creation of a new constitution.

2006

FROZEN HAPPINESS: Impunity, Elections and Hope in Oaxaca

FROZEN HAPPINESS recounts the struggle of a mother and children to gain the Freedom of their husband and father. Charged with the 2006 assassination of New York-based Indy-reporter Brad Will, grassroots activist Juan Manuel Martinez endured sixteen months of imprisonment. Set against the first democratic change of government in eighty years in Oaxaca, Mexico.

2012

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Reviews

". . . provides on-the-ground coverage of the conflict that has heretofore been found only in bits and pieces via the Internet and analyzes the structural violence and poverty that motivates the ongoing struggle, and makes clear, with every Oaxaqueo interviewed, that the movement in Oaxaca is a struggle against neo-liberalism and its tangible effects on the lives of the people, particularly since the passage of NAFTA."

Christy Thornton, NACLA

"At dispute is the privatization of public education; foreign ownership of land; political corruption; and the gap between rich and poor; all exacerbated by NAFTA. This video is recommended for high school and adults seeking clarification of recent events in Mexico particularly Oaxaca. Mostly Spanish with English subtitles."

Veronica Maher,
Educational Media Reviews Online (EMRO)

Resources

A Rainbow in the Midst of a Hurricane: Alternative Media and the Popular Struggle in Oaxaca, Mexico

Highlights

Broadcast over the Hispanic International Network Television
XXXII SIMPOSIO DE HISTORIA Y ANTROPOLOGÍA DE SONORA
Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival
Free Speech TV
Media Rights Film Festival
Houston Independent Media Center
Anthology Film Archive;
Opened the Turkey International Labor Film & Video Festivalçi Filmleri Festivali Festival i’nde gösterilecek filemler
Korea-Human Rights Film Festival
Workers Unite Film Festival

Credits

Director and Producer:	Tami Gold & Gerardo Renique
Camera:	Tami Gold and Ojo De Agua
Editor:	Mariano Wainsztein
Distributor:	Third World Newsreel
Country and Language:	US/Mexico – English/Spanish
Length:	30 mins each
Color:	In color