I am continuing to make videos. For updates, see my YouTube Channel:
As of June 2011, I have 11 videos published. Those listed here are only a sampling!
These three videos were produced during the 2009 documentary filmmaking workshop by the participants. Enjoy!
1. Dance of the Feather: A Promise & Commitment
A documentary film by Betty Hutchins and Scott Switzer, created during the documentary filmmaking workshop produced by Oaxaca Cultural Navigator LLC, February 2009. Copyright all rights reserved.
A documentary film by Eric Chavez Santiago and Norma Hawthorne, created during the documentary filmmaking workshop produced by Oaxaca Cultural Navigator LLC, February 2009. Copyright all rights reserved.
3. Woven Together: Entretejidos
A documentary film by Eunice Hogeveen and Sarah Kennedy Davis, created during the documentary filmmaking workshop produced by Oaxaca Cultural Navigator LLC, February 2009. Copyright all rights reserved.
Filmed by Norma Hawthorne during the middle school graduation ceremony, Teotitlan del Valle, July 2008.
5. Remigio Mestas: Oaxaca Textile Treasure
Filmed by Norma Hawthorne, December 2008, in Oaxaca, Mexico. Remigio is considered to be one of the foremost experts on indigenous textiles of the region and is exhibited at the Museo Textil de Oaxaca, and in noted private collections.
Have also enjoyed your videos — short but well done. They tale my wife and me back to Oaxaca, a place we hold special in our hearts and look forward to visiting again as soon as possible.
Chris, great to hear from you and thanks for sending appreciations. Glad you enjoyed the videos. Yes, come back as soon as you can! -Norma