Description:

Chiapas 1998: La Mala Cosecha (The Bad Harvest) is collaboration between indigenous and non-indigenous video-makers, which documents severe food shortages in 1998. A six-month drought followed by heavy rains and flooding destroyed 50% of the corn crops and 80% of the bean crops. This natural disaster, combined with the constant harassment by 60,000 troops and coupled with extreme poverty and marginalization, left the communities with few options.

Biography:

The Chiapas Media Project provides video equipment, computers and training for marginalized indigenous communities in the southern-most state in Mexico. The resulting videotapes offer a unique, firsthand perspective on the lives and struggles of indigenous communities in Chiapas.

Contact Information:

Tom Hansen
Chiapas Media Project
4834 N. Springfield
Chicago, IL 60625
Phone: (773) 583-7728
Fax: (773) 583-7738
E-mail: cmp@chiapasmedia.org
URL: www.chiapasmediaproject.org