ARTS AND CRAFTS OF MEXICO (2 films)

Year Published: 1961

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: Revision of 1939 film. Titles are: Part 1. POTTERY AND WEAVING. 14min b&w $75, rent $4; color $150, rent $6. Explains that Mexico is still a land of craftsmen and artisans. Shows an Indian woman making pottery in the village of Amatenango, the fashioning of Talavera ware in Puebla, and the forming and painting of pottery in the village of Tonola. Follows the making of serapes from sorting of wool to weaving. LC card Fi A 61-454. Part 2. BASKETRY, STONE, WOOD, AND METALS. 11min b&w $60, rent $3.50; color $120, rent $5. Views of modern-day Mexico that stretch back into antiquity. Pictures the intricate labor of basket and hammock weaving, the care employed by the wood carver and guitar maker, the silverwork of Taxco, the art of glassmaking, and the lacquerwork of the Mexican Indians. LC card Fi A 61-886.

Complete Record: Source: EBF Interest level: el-jh-sh-ad Guide: Guide Price: see individual titles Format: sd

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)