November 2000
Crisanto Manzano Avella
(Zapotec) is from the village of Zaragoza,
in the Sierra Juarez Mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico. In 1989, Manzano
participated in the first video workshop given by the National
Indigenous Institute, and since then has worked as an independent
videomaker. Manzano works to document the culture, history, strengths,
and struggles of the Zapotec people. He says of his work, "All
the videos are for the community. It's a message that one offers
to the indigenous community so that they can continue valuing
what they are and what they want to continue being." In 1997,
Manzano was the recipient of a Rockefeller Foundation Intercultural
Film/Video/Electronic Media Fellowship, which supported the production
of Guia Toó, shown in the 2000 Native American
Film and Video Festival.
Screened by NMAI
Image credit: Crisanto
Manzao Avella - Photograph by Anna Peña
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