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Food and indigenous culture: Corn in Mexico

Location

Mexico

Released

October 2018

Duration

1:58

Tags
  • Culture
  • Mexico
  • Participatory-made film
  • Sustainable Agriculture
  • youth

In Mexico, more than 40 species of Creole corn have evolved. During 5,000 years of domestication, have generated their own and sacred cultural identity, very important for more than 3 million peasants: we say no to transgenic corn!

Film made with boys and girls from the Jat’i Participatory Video Workshop.

 

Part 2 in special series for World Food Day 2018 in partnership with Land Rights Now mobilization. Find out more here. 

Producers

  • Profile

    Jat’i is a community, cultural and audiovisual project. Born from the process of Local Development of 15 years in San Ildefonso T...

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