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Kathleen Mossman Vitale |
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Abstract: With brilliant colors and intimate views, the anthropologist/narrator introduces the viewer to 22 Guatemalan weavers and their weaving styles and techniques. Traditional back-strap weaving for clothing and cloth, as well as floor loom weaving for decorative blankets, ribbons and yardage, are included in the investigation of present-day Maya textiles. Ikat (called jaspe or jaspeado in Guatemala) processing is covered, and a visit to a traditional dye workshop is included. The viewer also visits a high mountain hot springs where woven wool blankets are felted. Weavers range in age from 8 to 70, and are recorded in their home settings in the indigenous communities of San Antonio Aguas Calientes, San Lucas Tolimán, Santiago Atitlán, San Antonio Palopó, Santa Catalina Palopó, Chichicastenango, Momostenango, Nahualá, Salcajá, Patzicía and Patzún, as well as the towns of Panajachel and Antigua. Production Date: September 2005 Distributor: Endangered Threads Documentaries 1530 Tuolumne Street Vallejo, CA 94590 Film Credits: Produced by Endangered Threads Documentaries, a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit corporation. Phone: 707-643-7765 Email / Website: kathleenvitale@earthlink.net http://www.endangeredthreads.com/documentaries.htm Running Time: 27 Medium: DVD Film Purpose: To explore continuity and change in modern Maya weaving. Film Audience: The documentary is intended to be used with museum exhibits of Maya weaving from Guatemala, as well as an aid to teaching weaving, art, Maya history, and the current conditions of indigenous peoples in the Americas. It is used at the National Museum of the American Indian, the Lowe Museum in Florida, Museo del Tejido (Antigua), and the Museo de las Americas in Denver. It is used in college weaving, history and art classes New York, Maryland, Virginia, and California. It was used to raise funds following severe damage by Tropical Storm Stan in both Guatemala, and in the States in Texas, Chicago, New York, Washington, DC, and Washington state. It was used to raise private and foundation funds for a documentary under production called "A Century of Color: Maya Weaving and Textiles." Role of the Anthropologist / Collaboration: Margot Blum Schevill co-wrote the narration with Kathleen Mossman Vitale, and was intimately involved in the visual selections. She is an advisor to Endangered Threads Documentaries. Schevill is a textile scholar and anthropologist, as well as an author and curator of numerous exhibits involving indigenous weaving. Her most recent books are "The Maya Textile Tradition" with photography by Jeffrey Jay Foxx, and "Maya Textiles of Guatemala: The Gustavus A. Eisen Collection, 1902." Filmmaker: Kathleen Mossman Vitale; anthropologist: Margot Blum Schevill Keywords: Maya, weaving, textiles |
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