Tours

CMP/Promedios organizes tours in the US every spring and fall. These presentations and the honorariums paid help to continue the work of CMP/Promedios.

We seek university, cultural and community-based sponsors to host screenings. The tour will feature videos produced by indigenous video makers from the states of Chiapas and Guerrero, Mexico. Dates are scheduled on a first come, first-served basis and fill up fast, so please contact us as soon as possible.

CMP/Promedios is an award winning, bi-national partnership that provides video equipment, computers and training enabling marginalized indigenous and campesino communities in Southern Mexico to create their own media. CMP/Promedios is currently distributing 28 indigenous produced videos worldwide.

CMP/Promedios has presented videos at numerous universities, museums, and film and video festivals around the world. CMP/Promedios have done presentations at Yale University, MIT, Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, La Trobe University, (Melbourne, Australia), National University (Bogota, Colombia), University of Auckland, Sundance Film Festival, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Museum of Modern Art, NYC, Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival and the Intl. Human Rights Film Fest in Buenos Aires among others.

Alexandra Halkin, Founding Director/International Coordinator, will present the videos. Presentations last between one-and-a-half and two hours, and include video screenings and a discussion on the role of indigenous media and self-representation, the effects of globalization in the context of the current socio-political situation in Mexico and the effects of the war on drugs on indigenous communities.

A Q & A session follows each screening. Sponsors need to provide a video projector, a DVD player with audio system and comfortable seating. For further information, please browse through our press kit or call us at 773-504-4144 or e-mail us at cmp@chiapasmediaproject.org