Subject: [theafricanobserver] AFROMEXICO FILMS WEB SITE
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:31:24 -0600 (CST)
 
We are pleased to announce the publication of our
brand new web page
 
www.afromexico.org
 
This site’s intention is to become an informative tool
based on discussion about the different aspects that
characterize the African heritage in Mexico.
 
The core of this project consists in the realization
of a series of video documentaries that explore
different aspects of the african-mexican people. So
far the first two documentaries of the series have
been finished and published which are, “LA RAIZ OLVIDADA”
( The Forgotten Root) and “DE FLORIDA A COAHUILA”.
(From Florida to Coahuila)
 
Presently we are working on our third documentary
“CORRERIAS EN EL MONTE”,(Incursions into the
Mountains) and we are seeking financial support in
order to finish the work in progress. We are raising
these funds in the form of co-production, sale of
rights of distribution and support from organizations
with the objective of promoting projects of cultural
character. Another way to support us is by buying our
documentaries which are available in a subtitled
version in English from our distributor in the US,
“Latin American Video Archives”
 
www.lavavideo.org,
 
In Mexico the role of Africans in the development of
the nation is not oficially recognized, and one of the
main goals of our project is to fight for that
recognition.

We hope that you have a chance to take a look at our
site, and if you can provide us with feedback that
will be most helpful for us. Please feel free to
forward this mail to anyone you consider might be
interested in our project. This would allow us to meet
our goals in a timely manner, goals which help, to
some extent, to the development of a culture
of tolerance and the vision of diversity as the main
asset of human kind.