November 2006
 Pavel
Rodríguez Guillen (P'urhepecha) directs documentaries
and short fictions about P'urhepecha history and traditions. Hidalgo
Municipio con Historia, which he co-directed with Tomás
Pérez and Gildardo Vega, won the Best Michoacan Documentary
Award at the 2004 Morelia International Film Festival. His video
Tarhiata Tsakapancha/El Viento en la región de las piedras
won special mention for its reconstruction of historical memory
at the 1999 Festival Americano de Cine y Video de los Pueblos
Indígenas in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. Rodríguez
trained in video production at the Centro de Video Indígena
Michoacán and in workshops in Michoacan coordinated by
the Centro de Entrenamiento de Televisión Educativa. He
has participated in video production workshops at the Cineteca
Nacional in Mexico City. Rodríguez received a history BA
at the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo.
He was born in Pátzcuaro and grew up in Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán.
Rodríguez lives in Morelia, Michoacán.
"Coming from a mestizo-indigenous community and as a historian
of the formation of my region, my work has always focused on imparting
the traditions and worldview of the P'urhepecha people, from a
historical perspective, looking mainly at the ancestral peoples
since before before the arrival of the Spaniards. My motive is
the recuperation of the ancestral historic memory. My aesthetic
works with the colors, shades, and perspectives that the traditional
narratives give us, where myth and history go hand in hand."
Screened by NMAI
Image
credit: Pavel Rodríguez Guillen;
Pavel Rodríguez Guillen
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