Video Recordings
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Laughlin, Robert M.
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content: Robert Moody Laughlin papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 39 Videocassettes (VHS)
label: Extent
content: 1 Videocassettes (Betamax)
label: Extent
content: 6 Electronic discs (DVD)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1985-2002, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2011-06, Series 13
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Videocassettes (vhs)
label: Type
content: Videocassettes (betamax)
label: Type
content: Electronic discs (dvd)
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This series is arranged in 7 subseries: 13.1 Robert Laughlin presentations and lectures, 1985, 1999, undated; 13.2 Interviews and translations, 2002; 13.3 Teatro Lo'il Maxil Performances, Chiapas, Mexico, circa 1996; 13.4 Sna Jtz'ibajom, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, circa 1992; 13.5 Ceremonies and meetings, 2001; 13.6 Chanob Vun School, 1996; 13.7 Miscellaneous video recordings, circa 1990-1999, undated.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series 13 is not processed and based on an initial assessment the series, to a greater or lesser extent, is related to Dr. Laughlin's work with the Sna Jtz'ibajom in Chiapas, Mexico or Chiapas more broadly.  The series consists of edited and unedited "amateur" video recordings; semi-professional video recordings; off-air video recordings; professionally made documentaries on both videocassettes and electronic discs roughly dating from 1985 to 2002.  Unless otherwise noted, the creator is unknown or not captured at the time of the initial assessment.   For many of the amateur videocassettes it is unknown whether the video is the original or a copy although with full processing this may become more evident.  All known and captured production information is included in the subseries.

Many of the video recordings are directly associated with Sna Jtz'ibajom (House of the writer), a writers cooperative based in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, that Laughlin helped to establish in 1983.  The purpose was to take writings about Tzotzil history, folklore and customs and translate them into Tzotzil.  The cooperative also created Teatro Lo'il Maxil (Monkey Business Theater) a group that wrote and performed plays related to Mayan folklore and education about important social issues such as family planning and alcoholism.  

Video recordings and DVDs listed below are part of the National Anthropological Film Collection (NAFC). Items are grouped in what appeared to be related or similar content and were given NAFC film numbers in no particular order.  Full processing will undoubtedly change some of the relationships.