DOCUMENTARY PROJECT:
We Are Celebrating 24 Years of
Sowing a Movement Milpa!
Help us raise funds to share with the world a missing chapter of Los Angeles history…
The Mujeres de Maiz story — MUJERES DE MAIZ UnEARTHED
Mujeres de Maiz (Women of the Corn) is raising funds for UnEarthed, a feature documentary sharing the 25-year herstory of Mujeres de Maiz - a story about the past, present and future as told by indigenous identified urban women of color that dare to follow their desire to create, unite, resist, heal and inspire social change.
With over 20 years of footage, unique to this story is the integration of MdM archival footage, publications, and interviews captured in various formats by women throughout the years. Your financial support will contribute to an independently produced narrative and will assist with professionally archiving L.A. - Tongva territory, urban indigenous identified herstory!
2009 at "This is not a Cornfield," (Los Angeles State Historic Park) for the She, the Sacred Live Art Show's opening blessing.
Mujeres de Maiz has united women of color artists and activists from around the globe into a safe space, where the expression of their artistic voice and visions are encouraged, supported and amplified.
As an Intergenerational, Woman of Color, Multimedia artist collective, Mujeres de Maiz has made a Safe Space for Young Girls and Women from the .....
Stage to the Page via our Annual QTBIPOC International Women’s Day multimedia Live Art Show & self-publishing Poetry, Prose and Visual Art “Zine” from The Gallery to the Streets via our Decolonizing Art Practices & Multimedia Exhibition from The Past to the Present via our Art and Holistic community Workshops & monthly talking Circles Reconnecting Ancestor Knowledge.
The legacy of Mujeres de Maiz includes hundreds of emerging, working and now established artists and activists that have explored, collaborated and grown professionally by sharing their own specific blend of mind, body, spirit and culturally artistic work. Mujeres de Maiz not only inspires but has cultivated and nurtured thousands of Millenials and the Gen Y generation with ancestral traditions and knowledges.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
**Since 1997 MdM has hosted over 96 events and served over 10,963 people, not including events held in collaboration or co-sponsored with other organizations, our zine readership, nor our online networks.
**The MdM zine publication is the longest running women of color grassroots publications in the nation spearheaded by urban indigenous women of color, specifically Xicanas.
**MdM has made conference presentations, hosted workshops, and performed at national academic meetings. We have been able to bridge community arts organizing and academia.
**For over two decades Mujeres de Maiz has invested, dedicated and volunteered their time, energy and labor in empowering the working-class communities surrounding downtown Los Angeles, Northeast Highland Park and East Los Angeles.
**“[The show] is a very sacred space. All the performances weren’t just entertainment--it was like a sacred healing ritual. I really find a lot of healing and transformation there.” --Jessica L.
TODAY Mujeres de Maiz is asking for your support in their FIRST EVER fundraising campaign.
Help us share the Mujeres de Maiz story to inspire the next 7 generations to come!
DONATE HERE:
https://gofund.me/6479c94e
Our goal is to raise $160,000
Here’s how the raised funds will be broken down:
-65% of the funds will go directly to the development and production of the documentary for a Producer, Editor and assistant Editor
-15% of the funds will go to Mujeres de Maiz archiving and media departments
-25% to Mujeres de Maiz Development and Programming and future
**Donations can be taxed deductible
About Mujeres de Maiz
Mujeres de Maiz (Women of the Corn) founded in 1997, is a grassroots non-profit organization and a multimedia women’s artist/activist collective based in East Los Angeles, California. The mission of Mujeres de Maiz is to bring together and empower diverse women and girls through the creation of community spaces that provide holistic wellness through education, programming, exhibition and publishing.
About the Documentary Director
Claudia Mercado, a co-founder of MdM, began documenting Mujeres de Maiz since the very first multimedia Live Art Show - The Birth of the Goddess of Maiz on June 29th 1997. Today’s Claudia’s archival collection of Mujeres de Maiz has grown to include over 20 years of women of color artist/activist work by not only capturing Live Art Shows, but exhibitions, poetry nights, the Mujer Mercados, workshops, conferences, interviews, marches and many more. For more info visit www.7serpentfilms.com