This documentary film explores the history of natural brown cotton in southwest Louisiana and examines its origins and use among the people of Acadiana. Rich in oral history, the film tells the...

A documentary film co-produced with Bill Jungels, 2017. Available on YouTube, also with Spanish sub-titles. The film includes interviews with two weavers from Chenalhó, Chiapas as well as other young Maya men...

My research and writing focus on the production, exchange & display of textiles in contemporary indigenous cultures & European medieval societies. With the Field Museum I worked for several years with Shipibo...

Feature length documentary directed by Bennie Klain of Trickster Films, Austin, TX, In this compelling and intimate portrait of economic and cultural survival through art, Navajo filmmaker Bennie Klain takes viewers into...