This documentary explores immigration from two points of view: from the place of origin, and through the eyes of those that stay.
Comunidad
159 Archival description results for Comunidad
A document about Kumbh Mela, in India. More than 10 million people: pilgrims, saddhus, babbas, .... meet over the course of a month in this psychic vortex, to celebrate the fight between angels and demons. Edited from more than 60 hours of tape filmed in 1986, and edited in 1998 in Mistyc Fire Video.
The Wizard of Oz character is not even in the roundabouts of the Rainbow. It's in the worst corner of Kansas. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
Immaluuraq ("Joe Sun" in English) grew up moving among seasonal camps in the Kobuk River region of Alaska and now resides in Shungnak. In this film, he describes the life of the earlier Kobuk settlements. He talks about women being isolated from the village when they are menstruating or when they are pregnant. He also talks about the predictions of the legendary Inupiaq prophet, Maniilaq, who was his great uncle. Maniilaq foretold of things to come that would change the world and the way people lived in it, all of which happened just the way he said it would. Immaluuraq's talk is known as uqaaqtuaq. Such talks were given by elders to young people who came seeking information and advice.
An exploration of human sentiments, but also a questioning of the reality of these feelings once they are filtered through the media. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
June 2005, the forest of Benyounes in Morocco, 2 km from the fence that separates Ceuta from Morocco. As happens every week, we come across African citizens who are hoping that here they will find an opportunity to cross into Spanish territory, into Europe. Two people from our collective meet with our working group and we talk about many things that worry and affect us. After sharing our stories, we decide to make a documentary that will show the realities that we experience in Morocco as a country of transit.
The way that a meeting point at the end of the road serves as the hope and perseverance needed to arrive. People celebrating the promise of faith, observed by an unnamed eye as they reach the site of the pilgrimage. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
People and places citylife in Casablanca. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show - OVNI 2000 Moroccan video panorama.
UntitledWhat if ... Collen's life in his own voice has been miserable. Her father abused her, she was betrayed and deceived by her husband, separated from her children. Collen has survived feeling responsible for their decisions and dreaming of a safer and welcoming place. Everything points to a new, hot summer of crisis. Collen broken and entire, on camera. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
Video and I Ching. Signs, signals, lines.