Dolores Tjeada Saavedra, the Councillor for Work at Marinaleda Town Council, gives a simple and detailed account of how a grassroots social movement has managed to socialize the means of production, housing, health, education and leisure in this small town in Southern Spain. Dolores explains the many benefits of having an active trade union, with the political power of the town counciland the productive force of cooperatives in the hands of the people. Marinaleda has a population of 3000, and an unemployment rate of 0%. Anybody who wants to self-build in the town is only charged 15 euros per month, and working families only pay 12 euros a month for childcare including meals, to name just two of a long list of social benefits. A true oasis in a country dominated byunbridled capitalism and the shabbiest and most retrograde government in Spain’s short history of democracy, which has left the country with an unemployment rate of 27% – 50% in the case of youth unemployment – and three million people living in poverty.
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When night falls, the Colombian countryside undergoes a transformation. Danger lurks in the dark. Carmen, a peasant woman in her fifties, knows it well. This film finds the right distance to absorb her tale of a tormented life, while drawing the audience into the harsh world of the Colombian peasant through one of its most fascinating aspects: the oral tradition.
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In a time that is becoming difficult for bees (as for us) In a year of severe drought, in a country that is already often arid, taking the path of bees has been to make a journey through moors and mountains, but also through states of mind, obstacles and encounters .. until reach their generous garden. Video made for the BEEHAVE exhibition, Joan Miró Foundation 02/16/2018 - 05/21/2018. Available online until December 27th 2020.
A map of healing territories, Brooklyn (New York) - Bogota (Colombia). Conversations with Hector Malabé, a homeless Puerto Rican from Greenpoint, and the spiritual properties of lemon sung by an anonymous afroamerican of the Colombian caribbean coast.
It's not hard to figure out that the men who are detained and handcuffed on the ground are actually two young bearded policemen wearing headscarves instead of their official police caps. There was no chase, not a single shot was fired. The scene can be served up in the media the following day as an exclusive scoop. Aside from us, nobody would be able to tell whether it is true or not. For those who actually witness the scene it seems too crude and fake to be believed, but cameras and editing can work wonders. The usual interview: "the enemy often steals or buys police uniforms in order to infiltrate..." Mere formalities. This is exactly what most situations of embedding end up becoming: a journalist waging a battle against military propaganda.
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On the Vivaldi's Winter theme from the Four Seasons, a series of still images of a young man in bed while he's sleeping, reading, dreaming.
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