The Film Making Project
Exploring Identity Through Film-Making
A project by Ollin Tlahtoalli: Centro de Lenguas y Cultura Mexicana a.c.
Santo Tomás Jalieza, Oaxaca.
Oaxaca, Mexico
In this workshop we provide young Oaxacan students the theoretical and practical tools to create their own films. Students engage in dialogues around community and identity, explore those cultural and personal elements that define them as members of an indigenous community.
Teaching Kids
Our students can also volunteer and interact with children of different communities. In this project, we use art, games and language-related activities (including indigenous languages) to re-affirm children's indigenous identity. (visit our blog here )
Watch a video of our children talking about things they like about school: watch
Oral Tradition
Ollin Tlahtoalli runs a program to preserve oral traditions and oral history within indigenous communities in Oaxaca. Videos that capture these stories are filmed, edited and presented in the communities in an effort to create opportunities for these stories to be listened to by the younger generations, so that they may retain an important part of their heritage.
Teaching Oaxacan Artisans
Students at our center are offered the opportunity to volunteer and tutor Oaxacan artisans interested in learning English. Learning English offers these men and women the oppurtunity to enhance their communication skills in order to sell their products directly to international visitors.
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