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ES ES-OVNI CTX-S007-SS003-0021 · Item · 1993
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

Five women's stories are interlaced with scenes of work and the resplendent festivities, music, poetry and paintings of the region. They show how economic independence, community, friendship, cultural pride and respect for "women's work" not only give a woman self-esteem and a sense of purpose in life, but contribute to the well-being of whole society. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show

Una Cruz en la Selva: Guinea
ES ES-OVNI CTX-S011-SS003-0013 · Item · 2006
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

An Archives research and edit on several audiovisual documents from various sources dealing with the old Spanish colony of Equatorial Guinea, most of it created for information and educational purposes. Images that illustrate the colonial obsessions of the times: the idyllic image of Spain's civilizing task, nostalgia for imperial times, the sadistic element in the hunt for wild animals, the work of Christianisation, the militarization of a layer of the population in order to ensure the existence of “loyal natives”, the perpetuation of the African stereotype...    

Un tantito de sangre namás
ES ES-OVNI CTX-S007-SS003-0023 · Item · 1996
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

Barco, known for her feminist work, interviews Zapotec women all over the region of Oaxaca in order to explore the subject of virginity. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show

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Un poquito de tanta verdad
ES ES-OVNI CTX-S013-SS006-0001 · Item · 2007
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

In the summer of 2006, a broad-based, non-violent, popular uprising exploded in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Some compared it to the Paris Commune, while others called it the first Latin American revolution of the 21st century. But it was the people's use of the media that truly made history in Oaxaca. A Little Bit of So Much Truth captures the unprecedented media phenomenon that emerged when tens of thousands of school teachers, housewives, indigenous communities, health workers, farmers, and students took 14 radio stations and one TV station into their own hands, using them to organize, mobilize, and ultimately defend their grassroots struggle for social, cultural, and economic justice.

Un papillon sur Papineau
ES ES-OVNI RSC-3397 · Item · 2009
Part of Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)

A butterfly in the rain. The pattern of a butterfly's wings are found in a hole in a plastic bag that covers my camera, and they are transposed into a myriad. Shot on Papineau Boulevard in Montreal, Canada