Woke up.. cold.. feet hurt.. Smells like wood and bear piss out here.. guess I’ll eat some oatmeal.. GPS thinks I’m in Liverpool.. Drunk hunters kept me up again.. Woke up…cold.. feet hurt… found another use for duct tape yesterday… guess I’ll eat some oatmeal… GPS stuck on the Arizona Trail route … another day [...]
It takes a certain kind of person to strap on a backpack of their worldly belongings and wander hundreds or even thousands of miles through unknown wilderness. A risk taker. Someone who just plain doesn’t accept society’s roles and rules and instead follows the wildness and adventure in their own hearts.
Athletes like Kim inspire me creatively. I love to make films the way people like her go on adventures, with their tools and knowledge, but anticipating with excitement the unknown beauty and experience ahead.
Kim invited me to use this space to share my new project with her friends and supporters.I’m an indie filmmaker from her hometown of Sedona, Arizona and I am in the process of making a film about the Tarahumara Indian runners of Copper Canyon Mexico.
The Tarahumara( or Raramuri, as they call themselves) were the one Indian tribe in Mexico never conquered by the Spanish because of their strategy of running away from trouble. They live in the cliffs and caves on stunning Copper Canyon, or the Barracas De Cobre. They have retained the ability to run 50-100 miles a day, making them one of the only peoples left on the planet with this skill. For the last seven years, the Tarahumara come from all over the canyons in March to race against each other and some of the world’s top athletes.
This film will be shot before and during this exciting event. Instead of outsiders telling about the Tarahumara culture, the film will look at their culture from their very own perspective, and honor the dignity, wisdom and beauty they embody.
My belief as an artist and lover of the land is that we each to have much to learn from the Tarahumara people about our human connection with the land, the use of our bodies and how to appreciate a less material and more spiritual life.
It’s a great new opportunity for us indie filmmaking to do our funding on Kickstarter, by involving you and offering rewards. I’d like to invite you to check out my page and video. I hope you love it! I’d be honored to have you join our team.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/143590961/why-we-runpor-que-corremos-tarahumara-runners-of-m
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