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febrero 2006

Carlos Efraín Pérez Rojas (Mixe) is a documentary videomaker and a human rights advocate for indigenous communities in Mexico. In 2005 he received the Reebok Human Rights Award, which includes a substantial grant to enable his continuing this work. He is currently documenting how indigenous organizations are resisting hydro-electric projects in the state of Guerrero. From 2003 - 2005 Pérez documented civil rights violations in Guerrero, working with the Centro de Derechos Humanos de La Montaña Tlachinollan. He is the former coordinator of projects based in Guerrero for Promedios de Comunicación Comunitaria, a bi-national organization that develops and distributes indigenous media of southern Mexico. Reclaiming Justice: Guerrero's Indigenous Community Police received the Human Rights Award at the 2004 Encuentro Hispanoamericano de Video Documental Independiente independent documentary film festival and the Best Film Award at the 2003 Geografías Suaves film festival. Pérez was awarded a National Video Resources' Media Arts Fellowship in 2002 and was on the fellowship's Mexican nominating panel in 2003 and 2004. He helped form Video Tamix, a community media center producing and broadcasting television and radio in his hometown of Tamazulapam in Oaxaca's Sierra Mixe. Pérez has also led video workshops to indigenous communities in Chiapas and Guerrero.

"The work that I do about the social movements of indigenous communities reflects national and local considerations. For example, I speak of the problems that exist, but I always give a constructive message of hope, because the idea is that video is able to awaken solidarity in the people who watch it. For me, provoking a reaction is something that goes hand in hand with video. So for now, I feel like a video activist."

Presentado por NMAI

• Eyes on What's Inside: The Militarization of Guerrero (2005) director
• Procession (2004) director
• Cuando la Justicia Se Hace Pueblo (2002) director
• Clowns Without Borders (2001) director

Créditos Fotográficos: Carlos Efraín Peréz Rojas - gentileza del realizador