A thirty minute documentary that captures the actions of the Caracas peoples' movements that pulled down the detested statue of Christopher Columbus (Cristobal COLÓN in Spanish) in Plaza Venezuela on the 12th of October 2005. Through its simplicity, this small but historic event opened up new paths in the anti-COLONial subjectivity of the people by provoking a controversy that led to complex debate. Their action opened up thousands of discussions, not just about the depth of the COLONial aculturalisation that we have been subject to as peoples, but also about the danger that the Bolivarian Revolution be used as an alibi by the bureaucratic processes that deny the people their collective and sovereign power to act. This documentary gives voice to the people's struggle for autonomy and continental rebellion that has been gestating for centuries in the belly of Pachamerika.
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This video documents the extent of the environmental impact provoked by the activities of an oil company in the Equatorial Amazon. Oil-related activity in the indigenous communities of north-east Ecuador has had a very serious social impact. Since the 1960s, various companies have been damaging the ecosystems of indigenous communities who live in shelters, supposedly protected by the state, while they are affected by disease and their internal relationships gradually break down.
In November 1969 a small group of Native American students and urban Indians began the occupation of Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay. Eventually joined by thousands of Native Americans, they reclaimed 'Indian land' for the first time since the 1880s, forever changing the way Native Americans viewed themselves, their culture and their sovereign rights. For Native Americans all across the United States, the infamous Alcatraz is not an island... It is an inspiration.
James FortierEuropean Parliament in Brussels. A group of deputies received a visitor, a native of Ecuador, but do not let him pass. Condensed history of a sterile mismatch and its causes.
Angel is confronted with the consequences of the domestic violence that he perpetrated against his wife, Graciela, and their children over a period of many years. His desire to get his family back gives him the strength to begin a process of soul-searching and to face up to the profound changes of attitude and habits that are essential before real change can take place. Ready to overcome his own existential void, he embarks on the painful process of searching for the roots of the violence he suffered as a child as a result of his disrespect for his Mazahua culture and his mother language.
Anitia is the hero/heroine of this video. Constructed from old damaged film fragments, combats fighter bomber attacks in Bombay mixing latencies and sounds of celluloid with subliminal images of safety and death.
The paintings and stories of the painter Don Pablo Amaringo's Amazonian and religious realities subtly guide you through this film, in which you share space and time with a series of teachers who are experts on the language of the Amazon's plants, seen by many as “the world's pharmacy”. This documentary is called “Ayaruna”, which means “deceased” in Quechuan, and acts as a bridge between different realities, setting up a profound philosophical dialogue that deals with the language of the spirit and covers subjects like the mystical experience and medicine in our time.
Eloi Ysàs TriasIn the aggressive search for the “black gold” that drives Western economies, multinational corporations are working to extract billions of dollars of oil reserves from beneath Ecuador's rainforest. Between Midnight and the Rooster's Crow investigates the operations of the EnCana Corporation, a firm that, despite proud public declarations of its social responsibility, is shown to be answerable for widespread environmental contamination and human rights violations.
Nadja DrostListening Tzotzil's words of a man who has lived as a slave and tells us his memories. The conversation is translated into spanish by his son, and playing in the field are the grandchildrens. A generation that shows us his worth daily struggle, the struggle of the Zapatistas.
Conversation at a bar in San Cristobal with a neighbor, who tells us his vision of the struggle and some reflections on the history of Mexico.