November 2006
 Humberto
Claros Zeballos (Quechua/Aymara) is a video and radio
producer, who also works as a school teacher and farmer. His video
Ayllus en Paz, won an award for supporting the social processes
of organizations at the 2004 Festival Internacional de Cine y
Video de los Pueblos Indígenas in Santiago, Chile. As a
teenager, Claros began his work with video, receiving training
from CEFREC-CAIB, an indigenous media organization in Bolivia.
Claros' work strongly reflects the concerns in his region about
government suppression and criminilization of traditional coca
farmers. He is a member of the the Federación Especial
de Trabajadores Campesinos del Trópico de Cochabamba (FETCTC).
Claros received a degree in radio communication through Voces
Unidas, Educación Radiofonicas de Bolivia (ERBOL), and
the Universidad Catolica Boliviana. Claros speaks Quechua and
Spanish. He was born in Chipiriri, in Chapare, Bolivia, where
he still lives.
"The principle of making videos and messages comes from
the collectives, under the premise that the communities or towns
are the authors and generators of each message. We understand
principally that communication is a public service and social
commitment. The communicator is a spokesman of the community that
collects the messages, expressing them as the community wants
to be seen."
Screened by NMAI
Image credit:
Humberto Claros Zeballos - courtesy of the filmmaker
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