huicholesfilm
May 2024
Thanks to all the people, organizations and institutions that have participated in the exhibition these 10 uninterrupted years.
Report: Wixarika Spiritual Health Shield Support Campaign
Many thanks to everyone who participated in the campaign that we launched from the documentary film Huicholes: The Last Peyote Guardians.
We share with all of you the results of the fundraiser that took place from November 3 to December 31, 2020.
Number of copies sold: 69 digital downloads
Total: $ 857.90 USD (after Vimeo commission and tax)
As we agreed with the Authorities of San Sebastián Teponahuaxtlán and San Andrés Cohamiata, 70% would be for the communities as requested by the authorities, for a total of $600.53 USD.
Before December 24, $475.00 USD was given to purchase candles and other ceremonial items. The supplies were delivered by Grupo Teukaria Alianza con Jicareros,and we had the support of the Jalisco State Indigenous Commission for delivery in San Andrés Cohamiata. In the case of San Sebastián, the supplies were picked up by members of the community.
The delivery of $125.33 USD ($62.66 USD to each community) is pending and we are working out the best way and time. We will communicate when we deliver this balance.
Once again we thank the authorities of San Sebastián Tepnahuaxtlán and San Andrés Cohamiata for their trust in us.
Also many thanks to The Esperanza Project and Voices of Amerikua for joining the fundraising campaign in these times when solidarity is so important.
Paola Stefani and Hernán Vilchez
February 15, 2021
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To watch the film in Latin America for free, you can do it at:
https://huicholesfilm.com/es/huicholes-film-latino-america-free/
Rent or buy the film around the world (except Italy) you can do it at:
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/huicholesfilm
Rent the movie in Italy:
Laura Rivas – El País Semanal – 2015
“The idea of selling and irrationally exploiting of territories where pilgrims annually deeply offends the Huichols: for them that´s sacred land, you can not owe it, nor destroy it for the sake of any profit.”
Online exhibition
“You can watch the documentary online with subtitles in 8 languages, while supporting the production and promotion costs of this and other independent stories.”
Ecoosfera – 2015
“The documentary brings us to the different social and public actions to publicize the defense of Wirikuta and its meaning.”
Marianne Wasowska – Le Monde – 2015
“To make sure to be heard, the Huichols have reinvented their combat modes: investing in weapons of digital communication, they commissioned a documentary.”
Ramírez Family – 2014
“As a family, we have an important responsibility to our people and our culture. That´s why we asked this movie to be made.”
Diego Martínez – Correcamara – 2014
“Through a valuable ethnographic perspective it complies with the necessary documentary tradition to come forward as an instrument of denunciation”
Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) – January 2014
“The documentary is considered a successful case of independent film exhibition in Mexico.”
Vilchez & Stefani – La Jornada – 2014
“We believe that movies generate awakenings, useful to stimulate an independent and critical view of reality. Thats the reason we´ve made this movie.”
