Huicholes: The Last Peyote Guardians will join the International Day of the World´s Indigenous People
On the 9th of August the documentary made by Hernán Vilchez will be available to watch for free all over the world at www.huicholesfilm.com
The documentary has subtitles in seven different languages: English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, Czech and Spanish.
Mexico City- August 6, 2015- Since the premier in May 2014 of the independent documentary Huicholes: The Last Peyote Guardians, the producers Paola Stefani and Hernán Vilchez trusted that exhibiting the film on the internet would assist the spiritual and political struggle of the Wixárika (Huichol) people to protect life in Wirikuta and in the whole Earth. This through maximizing the number of people who would be able to access the film as well as the resources that could fund the production, promotion and distribution costs.
Since May 2014 the documentary has been rented on Vimeo 1,756 times in more than 55 countries. The countries where it has been watched more times are: Mexico, United States, Canada, Spain, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Argentina and Australia.
The way the documentary has been exhibited independently has been considered a success. We have presented it widely in Mexico as well as in three international tours in the United States, Europe and South America. More than 30,000 people have watched the film all over the world.
For the international day of the world´s indigenous people, declared by the United Nations (UN) in 1994, the producers will give free access to watch Huicholes: the last peyote guardians since 8:00 a.m. 9th of August to 8:00 a.m. 10th August (Time of Mexico City) with the purpose of reaching out to more people so that they know about the defence of Wirikuta.
This year´s theme for the international day of the world´s indigenous people is to guarantee the wellbeing and health of indigenous peoples. This theme is not foreign to the case of Wirikuta since mining activity is considered as a highly polluting industry, for which it is urgent to make known the impact of these activities to the environment and people.
Huicholes: The Last Peyote Guardians can be seen on the 9th of August free of charge at: http://www.huicholesfilm.com
