“Mensajeros” presenta una interpretacion musical de “El Grupo Camayoc,” que significa “mensajero” en Nahuatl, la idiome de varias gente indigenas de Centro-America. El Grupo Camayoc grabo esta interpretacion con Julia Lesage y Chuck Kleinhans al aire libre en Estelí, Nicaragua, en Septembre 1987. Ellos tocan sus canciones originales y tambien interpreten unos canciones de Carlos Mejía Godoy y Pablo Milanés.
Olivia Valenzuela describe come la guardia somocista mató á su hermanito y como el entierro hizo levantarse el pueblo de Estelí. / Olivia Valenzuela describes how the Somozan Army killed her little brother and how the funeral lifted up the village of Estelí.
Varios segmentos breves. Aquí se ven vistas líricas y políticas de la vida diaria en Estelí y en Managua, Julio – Septiembre 1984. / Various brief segments. Lyrical and political views of daily life in Estelí and Managua, Nicaragua, July – September 1984.
Troubadours presents a musical performance by the Nicaraguan folk singing group, Camayoc, which means “messenger” in Nahuatl, the language of ancient indigenous people in Central America. Groupo Camayoc taped this performance with Julia Lesage and Chuck Kleinhans outdoors in Estelí, Nicaragua, in September 1987. They play both their own songs and those of Carlos Mejía Godoy and Pablo Milanés.
Home Life was shot in Esteli, Nicaragua, in August, 1984. It is a city midway between Managua and the Honduran border whose people acutely felt the impact of U.S. supported contra raids. Videomakers Julia Lesage and Chuck Kleinhans and Seattle-based minister Randall Mullins lived with the people of Esteli for five weeks, and Randall made this tape with the Diaz family to introduce to his parish back home the Nicaraguan family whose life and love he had shared.
