Reencounters: Between Memories and Nostalgia/Reencuentros:
Entre la Memoria y la Nostalgia
(2007, 10 min.)
Director: Yolanda Cruz (Chatin) In Spanish with English subtitles.
After a decade away, artist Alejandro Santiago returns to his
village in Oaxaca, Mexico, only to find it a ghost town; hundreds
of residents had migrated north in search of work. As a result,
2501Migrants was born, a sculpture project of 2501 clay sculptures
symbolizing those who left. [An excerpt from an upcoming feature-length
documentary.]
Image credit: Audience at Club Red Radio,
2000 Native American Film and Video Festival - photograph by Amalia Córdova,
NMAI
