Saving the Weavers: Item No. 004 Price: $20.00 plus $6.00 shipping plus tax (CA residents only)
© 2010 Endangered Threads Documentaries |
Meet ten extraordinary people who have dedicated years of their lives to helping Maya women devastated by the 36-year Guatemalan Civil War, and learn about the assistance programs they set up.
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Manuela & Esperanza: Item No. 003 Price: $20.00 plus $6.00 shipping plus tax (CA residents only)
© 2009 Endangered Threads Documentaries |
Enter into the lives of two accomplished Maya weavers as they accept the challenge of weaving traditional blouses or huipiles in less than 90 days, from the purchase of threads to the last stitch.
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A Century of Color : Item No. 002 Price: $20.00 plus $6.00 shipping plus tax (CA residents only)
© 2007 Endangered Threads Documentaries |
Surveys 100 years of continuity and change in Maya weaving and textiles of Guatemala with stunning examples of blouses, skirts, belts, hair ribbons, men’s wear, ikat and embroidery.
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Splendor in the Highlands: Item No. 001 Price: $15.00 plus $6.00 shipping & handling plus tax (CA residents only)
© 2005 Endangered Threads Documentaries |
With brilliant colors and intimate views, textile scholar, author and anthropologist Margot Blum Schevill introduces us to 22 Guatemalan weavers and their weaving styles and techniques.
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Good News for ETD Collaborator Christopher Hedge
Christopher Hedge and The Magic Shop won two Emmys May 15, 2010, for work on the documentary Butan: Taking the Middle Path to Happiness.
Chris composed original music for the EDT documentaries A Century of Color: Maya Weaving & Textiles and Manuela & Esperanza: The Art of Maya Weaving. His company, The Magic Shop in South San Francisco, handled sound engineering for both ETD documentaries.
Testimonials and reviews:
Museum Anthropology Review, Spring 2010, of Manuela & Esperanza - Adobe PDF
“The two films we acquired (Splendor in the Highlands and Manuela & Esperanza) are marvelous…. The films are beautifully produced and narrated, and represent a marvelous record of this very ancient and important technology. The fact that so few people are aware of what is involved in handweaving cloth for garments and other uses makes them even more educationally valuable, especially as the new machine-made cloths and garments flood and sometimes obscure their elegant antecedents. Thank you again for the great work.”
James Nason,
Professor Emeritus, Anthropology
Curator Emeritus of Pacific & American Ethnology
Burke (Washington State) Museum
People truly enjoy the opportunity to learn more about the artists behind the art. As an educator, I am always grateful for a resource like these videos that help visitors, students and docents to connect more with the place, people and culture that generate the artwork that we exhibit.
Shelle Luacas, Ph.D.
Director of Education
National Hispanic Cultural Center
Albuquerque, New Mexico
(On being thanked for a donation to ETD) There’s always some altruism in there for me, but your work has enabled me to feel an on-going connection to the Tierra de la Eterna Primavera. Gracias.
Chris Curnow
Wembley Wa Australia
Documentaries under development:
--Saving the Weavers: Small Assistance Projects for Maya Weavers of Guatemala
--Agave Fiber Crafts of Guatemala & Ecuador
--Sheer Elegance: Surviving Strands of Ancient Maya Weaving
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