[Imc-finance] Proposal from Chiapas Indymedia for 10 year Zapatista anniversary

[timor at mediosindependientes.org]

Hola a tod at s en Finanzas....Hey to everyone in Finance...

Favor de considerar esta propuesta de Indymedia Chiapas para crear una 
memoria multimediatica y coberatura de los 10 años del movimiento Zapatista 
en Chiapas, Mexico.

Los Zapatistas acaban de celebrar 20 años de su formación clandestina el 17 
de Noviembre y celebrarán 10 años de de su levantamiento armado el 1 de 
Enero 2004.


ENGLISH:

Please consider this proposal from Chiapas Indymedia to produce a 
multimedia memory and coverage on the 10 years of the Zapatista Movement.

The Zapatistas just celebrated 20 years since their clandestine formation 
on the 17th of November and will celebrate 10 years since their armed 
uprising on January 1st 2004.

PROPOSAL:

Chiapas Indymedia
20-10 Zapatista/Civil Society Dignified Memory

An Audio-Visual project for the collective memory of the 20-10 years of the 
Zapatista struggle.

We are a collective of people working with the Independent Media Center in 
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, united in the goal of compiling a 
production on the experiences and reflections of the 10th anniversary of 
the Zapatista uprising.

We will produce a collective memory, with the goal of promoting reflection 
within the local population and the general populous about the process of 
the indigenous Zapatista movement in their search for justice and dignity 
through the construction of a self-determined autonomy.

Through this project, we intend to generate a dialogue that transmits the 
personal experiences in the form of opinions, anecdotes, sentiments, and 
memories of many zapatista related events throughout the last ten years. We 
propose to create this dialogue through an audio-visual documentary (with 
interviews, photos, text, audio, and other images). With this project we 
hope to compile the reflections and personal memories of people who have 
participated in this movement in San Cristóbal, principally those who have 
participated outside of the public eyethe cooks in the kitchen during the 
San Andrés dialogues, the taxi drivers who lent their cars so that the 
insurgents could get from one place to another, or the people who 
participated in the popular neighborhoods of Jovel, etc...

To facilitate the collection of materials, we’ve divided the 20-10 years of 
the Zapatista struggle into the following periods: 1) The conception, 
before 1994, 2) The uprising and the first twelve days of war, 3) 
Encounters with civil society, dialogues and ruptures with the 
governmentMarch 1994 to the breaking off of the dialogue in January of 
1997, 4) The silenceJanuary of 1997 to December 2000, 5) The rejection of 
the indigenous law and autonomy in action, (The March for Dignity in August 
of 2003), 6) The birth of the Caracoles and the Juntas of Good Government, 
7) The Future: what do we want, what do we dream, what do we wish for the 
future?

We propose to interview people who have had different roles in distinct 
moments throughout this decade, with the goal of portraying diverse sectors 
of the population, and the perceptions of the people who have been witness 
to some specific event during this process.

With the material that we gather, we are going to have a lot of work in 
organizing and editing it (in the case of audio and putting together a 
multimedia CD). For this reason, we have placed a time limit for receiving 
submissions of the 20th of December. This is important so that we can 
distribute this material before January first in the neighborhoods and 
other public spaces in San Cristóbal de las Casas. Furthermore, we’re 
interested in putting the material up on the web, so that it is available 
to the general public, and so groups interested in commemorating the 
10-20th anniversary of the EZLN can use it in their respective 
celebrations.  The final production will be projected in San Cristóbal in 
public events on various neighborhoods on walls and outdoor spaces in a 
series of public acts.  This will also be distributed to all of the five 
Caracoles in Zapatista territory for screenings in the autonomous 
communities.  The memory will be available on the Chiapas Indymedia site 
for download around the world for those that express interest in the 
Zapatista movement and the local

The Collective calculates that the creation of this project will cost a 
total of $579. We expect to spend $79 for 50 VHS cassettes, $27 for 100 
CD’s for making copies, $42 for printer ink and CD sleeves, $45 to pay for 
transportation for our subjects to travel to and from interviews (10 
interviews, $4.50 for each), $22 for the cost of internet use (30 hours) 
and $35 for electricity in the office of Indymedia, and $329 for 5 
presentations (at $13.50 a presentation) in each of 5 Caracoles. These 
figures were calculated using the currant exchange rate of 11.4 pesos to 
the dollar.

Tel: 011-52-967-678-3348
Or by the following email address:
lista at mediosindependientes.org
memoria at promedios.org
  
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