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Audience at "Club Red Radio"

"Xanini/Corn Stalks" Xanini/Corn Stalks
(1999, 8 min. Narrative) MEXICO
Director: Dante Cerano Bautista (P'urhepecha)
Produced by: Centro de Video Indigena-Michocán; EXE Video
In P'urepecha and Spanish with English subtitles

The videomaker turns point of view on its head by inviting the audience into the world of indigenous Michoacán through the eyes of a cornfield.

Image credit: Audience at Club Red Radio, 2000 Native American Film and Video Festival - Photograph by Amalia Cordova, NMAI; Xanini - Courtesy of Centro de Video Indigena-Michocán

Dante Cerano Bautista

Mapping Mexican Media: Indigenous and Community Video and Radio

2003 Native Cinema Showcase

Video México Indígena/Video Native Mexico

2000 Native American Film and Video Festival - US Premiere

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Latin American Video Archive (LAVA) or Centro de Video Indigena- Michoacán


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