Bibliograph

Democracía indígena

Type

Label

Democracía indígena

Language

spa

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Democracía indígena

Medium

electronic resource

Oclc number

849668854

Runtime

Series statement

Ethnographic video online, volume 2

Summary

This film examines the indigenous rights revolution sweeping Mexico through the municipal elections in Huehuetla, Puebla. In 1989, the Huehuetla Totonacs formed the Organización Independiente Totonaca (OIT), and joined in an electoral alliance with the Partido de la Revolución Democratica (PRD). For ten years the OIT and the PRD carried out a non-violent revolution. The visible signs of this Totonac renaissance are the health clinics, schools, roads, drinking water and electricity. But the real change is in the new self-confidence and pride of the Totonacs themselves. The camera follows Cruz Garcia, an "expatriate" Totonac, as he returns to his community

Target audience

general

Contributor

Genre