Exposición del sombrero de paja toquilla como producto artesanal ecuatoriano mediante el documental “A mis raíces”.

Abstract

The documentary short film "A mis raíces" employs poetic, expository, participatory, and ethnographic approaches to provide a more comprehensive representation of the existing reality of hat weavers in the communes of Montecristi and Manabí. The film aims to convey the current context of the undervaluation of economic labor in the production of “sombreros de paja toquilla” through interviews. In addition, animation is used in the documentary to represent the ancestral history of the communes that wove “sombreros de paja toquilla”, through this visual graphic, the interest of children and adolescents who are unaware of the transcendent memory of this handmade product is projected Also; this short documentary recreates in the musical section one of the songs that represent the weavers of the province of Manabí such as it is "Tejedora Manabita", in this occasion with a particular montubio style of the Manchecaña group. This project seeks to highlight the challenges and limitations faced by families in the weaving communities and juxtapose foreigners' superficial understanding of the hat's origin and process. In doing so, it reveals the locally undervalued merit attributed to the weavers and exposes the unfair trade practices of those involved in hat production.