Cayo Scoop! The Ecology of Cayo Culture

The Last Shaman is a documentary about Lucas Medina, who resides, and has a medicinal trail, in Bullet Tree Falls.  NMSU film students Alejandro Horcasitas and Neil Duran shot and edited the film while there were here last Summer.  You get a good feel for Bullet Tree in the video, as well as seeing some of the sights and the Mopan river.  It's cool how he gives thanks to the late Don Beto Cocom for teaching him all about medicinal plants, causing the culture to continue for future generations.  Well worth a watch.

http://vimeo.com/80941119

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Daniel Velazquez created a short video documenting the New Mexico State University film students and their interaction with people and nature around Cayo and Belize during their documentary film course.  They shot a lot, and learned a lot.  It's a well done, feelgood video, and you'll see some faces you know from around Cayo.  

"NMSU film student are the first international students to take course, design by Emmy award winning natural history film makers Carol and Richard Foster, in Collaboration with local artist film maker Daniel Velazquez and award winning film maker Illana Lapid, film professor at New Mexico State University"

Creative Kaos, the documentary of the making of Kurse a di Xtabai, will have it's first showing this evening at the Soul Project.  Don't miss this special screening.  Rick Galvez, who did some of the songs in the movie, will play a few songs after the movie.  They'll then have the normal Friday night open mic.

"Tonight we are doing a screening of Creative Kaos, with special guest NMSU documentary film student, followed with performance from Rick Galvez who made the music for movie and some songs in the documentary, open mic. will follow. "