{"id":645,"date":"2015-11-04T21:44:20","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T19:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/mediaanthro\/?page_id=645"},"modified":"2016-05-06T23:11:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T21:11:50","slug":"cine-indigena","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/mediaanthro\/student-presentations\/cine-indigena\/","title":{"rendered":"Cine Ind\u00edgena"},"content":{"rendered":"

Slavena Mincheva<\/span><\/h1>\n

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\u201cVideo Ind\u00edgena\u201d or \u201cCine Ind\u00edgena\u201d<\/i> started as a project of people which are\"cine-indigena\"
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span> developing films and videos dealing with migration between Mexico and the United States.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2006 there have been a growing number of films screened at the International Festival of Indigenous Peoples Film and Video. <\/i>The project expanded and linked with filmmakers across the continent. Nowadays C\u00edne Indigena<\/i> constitutes a transnational network of places of production and consumption.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Changing Perspectives<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

These films are presenting a completely new perspective of the way of life of indigenous people in Latin America. They are also in contrast with the film representations of television and mainstream cinema.
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The actors of these documentaries are involved in two localities themselves, often living a translocal life. As the filmmakers’ biographies are evidence of the migratory movement, they are creating authentic film scenes, reflecting real life. They <\/i>often portray everyday life in the rural indigenous communities, its agriculture, its commerce, the preparation of local dishes, community work, fiestas, political organisation and religion.\"dsc_06511\" <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Diverse actors, among them non-indigenous collaborators and members of the anti-globalisation movement, participate in the filmmaking. For this reason Cine Ind\u00edgena <\/i>rather more constitutes a transnational network of places of production and consumption. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A binational context could be caused by the relocation from countryside to large city, from one country to another, or simply with the participation in different everyday and institutional settings.
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Confronting Discrimination<\/b>
\nLiving among other countries they are confronting inequality and racial discrimination. They also had to face a homogesization, summerised as the group of \u201cethnic Mexicans\u201d- a group which is homogenised and discriminated against within the United States. They suffered to be lumped together under a category with other populations in the context of homogenising nation models.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

These homogenising nation models have been maintained and reproduced by the dominant sociaty. That means: by the community, and thereby, by the Media.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Power of Media<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

At this point it is absolutely urgent to mention the power of media, especially the power of film. As a medium, which requires our basic senses, the seeing and hearing, it controls our perception of things and contexts. There are many aspects of this power:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n