The Land Belongs

The Working Group on the Environment in Latin America presents

"The Land belongs to those who work it"

A film from the Chiapas Media Project

Duke University, LSRC B101, Love Auditorium

(http://map.duke.edu/building.php?bid=7776)

7 pm, March 8, 2006

This film depicts a tense meeting that pits Zapatista leaders against Mexican bureaucrats who sold their communal land to a private company intending to build an eco-tourist center.

This rare footage exposes the battle Third World farmers face in preserving their way of life.

The Chiapas Media Project (CMP) provides tools and training that enable marginalized indigenous communities in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas to create their own media. Working bi-nationally, CMP provides video cameras and editing equipment along with appropriate training to communities in Chiapas.

The project also provides computer technology and training. With the equipment and instruction, communities are empowered to tell their own stories in their own words.

We hope to see you there!
The Working Group on the Environment in Latin America (WGELA) is part of the The Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University.