Ethnographic documentation of the possession rituals of Mina, the religion of African origin practiced in the city of Sâo Luis. Through fragments of public rituals celebrated in seven religious communities, the video shows the diversity and richness of rituals surrounding the controversial phenomenon of possession. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
Comunidad
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Semidocumentary about the life of a group of punks in the Mexico City neighborhood of Ciudad Neza, during the 1980s. A surprising context in which to place the expressions, references and dreams of the punk movement. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
UntitledSoy Defensor de la Selva relates how the Sarayaku community struggles against CGC when this oil company enters Sarayaku territory in order to carry out seismic prospecting, without the consent of the community. The video shows how the Sarayaku community confronts the oil company crews in order to stop them. The conflict intensifies when the military intervenes, reaching body-to-body confrontations. The women are the main protagonists of the video. Men, women, and children go out to guard the traditional limits of the community. The film shows the life in our Camps for Peace and Life, and contains the testimonies of our elders, as well as traditional music as background. This is the story of a small community struggling to save its space of life.
UntitledThe author gets herpes after a single sexual encounter with a cow-boy. This video reflects on this experience and the consequences it also reviews with irony the figure of the cow boy in the American culture. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
A journey of initiation through a hidden Egypt, landscapes and trance music, Sufi rituals, and the poems of Jalaludin Rumi. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
A conversation between invisible men about horses and marriage. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
"Siesta" is a counterpoint to "Un día Bravo", a passive look at the same object. They are two movements of the same composition, and their main theme - the melody - is the passing of time, decrepitude, and death. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
Panorama Moroccan video. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
Sin Papeles tells the story of the of a hunger strike staged by migrant workers, without papers (sin papeles), in a small church in Barcelona by bringing together a sound recording of its climax made in March 2001 and film footage of the location shot four years later to the day. The subjective account of the event made by the artist in the form of a sub-titled narration is a process of personal reflection de-objectifying the subject of migration for the purpose of work, displacement and social order. The film is a reflection on the implications and realities of the aspects of the EU project that have created a fortress of Europe.
A surrealist meditation in which the religion of ancient Pharaonic Egypt and the Cinema coincide in their ardent, almost mystical desire to preserve life beyond the grave. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show