On Food & Culture
Hola to the MACC mini pastoral participants with whom I shared reflections this morning about media, culture and ministry. As promised, these are the handouts in case you want to either read them online or download them: Mary Hess, Ph.D. writes about the religious imagination […]
UC Berkeley has a resource list that is a useful reference for looking up Chicano films, videos and publications. This is an example not only of resourcing Chicana materials, but also of a library that is making headway into integrating digital material with books. The […]
If you are intersted in media issues and the life of the soul, I invite you to sign up for a weekend seminar that I am leading about latino film/video and contemporary ministry. We’ll attend screenings at the San Antonio Cinefestival the first latino festival […]
Ernesto Cabellos and Stepanie Boyd completed this riveting documentary, “Choropampa” about a community in the Peruvian Andes who was contaminated when a truck carrying a mercury-filled tank capsized. Do try to see this inside view of current life outside Lima. The video has a rough […]
I’ve been trying to find a way to obtain copies of a wonderful 1995 Brazilian short film, 5 minutes, by Cao Hamburger, “O Menino, A Favela E As Tampas de Panela” Let me know if you have any info. about possible distributors. I hope we […]
Today I received an invitation to a performance by a local Houston band, “NTX&THEELECTRICSUTTEE.” The name, Suttee, gives me the opportunity to tell you about a “must see” film by Anand Patwardhan that members of the study commission saw in Bangkok in July 2001. The […]
In Quito, Ecuador, during a February 3, 2003 meeting of the International Study Commission on Media, Religion and Culture, an important video was presented by the Afro-Ecuatorian Cultural Center. The title is “The Black Woman, Creating Our Own Future.” David Morgan, Chair of the Study […]
today I’m spending all my time preparing for an 11-day shoot in Latin America. The crew that will shoot is from Quito, Ecuador, under the management of a talented, very bright layman, Marcelo Mej�a.. Marcelo directs the production and training center, Audiovisuales Don Bosco and […]
What a wonderful video this is, with lots of Coraz�n! “Sweet Ambition” About Chicano teens and the courage and guts it takes to finish high school in west Denver. Latino dropout rate is 70 percent in the US!!! Video running time is one hour. Last […]
I recommend these video resources that were discussed during a seminar April 23, 2003 at the Mexican-American Cultural Center about � Pastoral Ministry and the Impliications of Media Culture.� The resources are: �Mujer Extraviada� by Lourdes Portillo. Portillo is one of my very favorite Chicana […]