Ser artesana: un trabajo entre otros. Un video etnográfico sobre los ritmos laborales de una bordadora tseltal

Videos, photographs, and descriptions of crafted textile production in Mexico, often made to promote the products or to document social impact projects, tend to emphasize the craft as an age-old practice or one that empowers women artists on a path to a better future. Both of these focuses, however, overlook the actual form this work takes in these women's day-to-day lives. This short film depicts a day in the life of Antonia, a Tseltal embroiderer from the town of Tenejapa in the Chiapas highlands. It seeks to provide a more faithful depiction of the place that craftsmanship occupies in the daily lives of women artisans.