Film Showing: Transnational Fiesta: 20 Years Later
In conjunction with the 1st annual Symposium on Indigenous Languages and Cultures of Latin America, the Center for Latin American Studies and University Libraries at The Ohio State University are hosting a film showing of Transnational Fiesta: 20 Years Later. This film explores cultural change and continuity in the indigenous Andean community, fiesta, and migrant colonies first documented in the award-winning Transnational Fiesta: 1992. The film shows the remarkable persistence of Andean culture over time and space as well as the ruptures imposed by global capitalism, generational differences, and other forces of change.
Wilton is a Peruvian filmmaker and visual anthropologist. He has a doctoral degree in social anthropology and a master’s degree in visual anthropology from the University of Southern California. Wilton has been making documentaries since 1984 and has over twenty years of experience as a visual anthropology consultant with educational and development organizations in various countries. In addition to Transnational Fiesta: 1992, he has produced films on topics such as oral history, cultural identity, indigenous knowledge, transnationalism, music, dance and performance among indigenous peoples in the Amazon and Andean regions, Sri Lanka, the U.S., etc. His professional website is featured in specialized sites and used as a teaching resource by scholars across the world. Wilton is the founding president of the Center for Visual Anthropology of Peru.
