{"product_id":"atenco-lives-livia-k-stone-9780826522245","title":"Atenco Lives!: Filmmaking and Popular Struggle in Mexico","description":"The People's Front in Defense of Land of Atenco (the \"Frente\") is an emblematic force in contemporary Mexican politics and in anti-capitalist, anti-neoliberal activist networks throughout the world. Best known for years of resistance against the encroachment of a government airport project on communal farmland, the Frente also became international news when its members were subject to state violence, rape, and intimidation in a brutal government crackdown in 2006. Through it all, documentary filmmaking has been one aspect of the Frente and its allies' efforts. The contradictions and difficulties of this moral and political project emerge in the day-to-day experiences of local, national, and international filmmakers and film distributors seeking to participate in the social movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStone highlights the importance of how the circulation of the physical videos, and not just their content, promotes the social movement. More broadly she shows how videographers perform their activism, navigating the tensions between neoliberal personhood or ego and an ethos of comparismo that privileges community. Grounded in the lived experiences of Atenco's activists and allied filmmakers, \u003ci\u003eAtenco Lives!\u003c\/i\u003e documents the making and circulating of films as an ethical and political practice purposefully used to transform human relationships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Livia K. Stone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826522246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826522245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Livia K. Stone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44063409897727,"sku":"9780826522245","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e6aa1670-f835-44e5-8c1b-1cae37d9f655.jpg?v=1685389393","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/atenco-lives-livia-k-stone-9780826522245","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}