Mark Freeman videos of Weaving the Future
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1998.7.1
name: label: Creator
content: Freeman, Mark, (Producer)
place: label: Place
content: South America
label: Place
content: Ecuador
topic: label: Topic
content: Weaving
label: Topic
content: Economic development
label: Topic
content: Tourism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received on loan from Mark Freeman in 1998; converted to permanent gift in 2024.
creator: label: Creator
content: Freeman, Mark, (Producer)
culture: label: Culture
content: Runa (Otavaleño/Otavalo)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 37 Videocassettes (S-VHS) (18.5 hours, sound color)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1995
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Previously titled "Weaving the Future Video Project 1995."
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1998.07
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Videocassettes (s-vhs)
label: Type
content: Videorecordings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Videorecordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Video project by Mark Freeman documents the Otavalo Indians of the Andean highlands (province of Imbabura) of northern Ecuador and their economic success in adapting their traditional weaving and crafts for the international marketplace. The video project also records the tensions between traditional indigenous values and customs and modernization pressures that prosperity brings including tourism.  Also examined are the ethnic tensions between the Otavalos and their less affluent white and mestizo neighbors. The edited video, "Weaving the Future" was edited from this project.

Supplementary materials:  shot logs; editing log; sound recordings

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Edited film Weaving the Future is archived at UCLA Film and Television Archive.