17 May A Revolution in our Midst!
This guy, this guy...
This guy, this guy...
Back around here after the last Mexican adventure, and while we edit Land of Amber, we are using Vimeo's new fantastic On Demand system to distribute our very first film: After the Revolution, also filmed in the South of Mexico. It's about the impact of the Zapatista...
[caption id="attachment_1464" align="aligncenter" width="600"] For those who are blind to children working in the amber business and in Mexico[/caption] It's almost 8pm on our last day of filming in Chiapas. We had a second great interview with an amber shop owner and collector this morning and...
[caption id="attachment_1429" align="aligncenter" width="600"] San Cristobal from the Guadalupe Virgin's church[/caption] Well, I thought I was going to escape Moctezuma's vengeance this time, we're almost at the end of the trip, but it sneaks up on me in the middle of the night, and I spend...
Before we head back to San Cristobal we organise a visit to meet one more possible contributor, a Simojovel native who's an artisan and merchant and has shops both in Simojovel and San Cristobal. Alicia and I go to his house in the morning and...