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In collaboration with “Comité de Liberación 25 de Noviembre”, this is a documentary about the human rights violations perpetrated by the Ulises Ruiz Ortiz government during the social mobilisations that shook Oaxaca in 2006, which ended with at least 25 assassinations recorded by the popular movement. Compromiso Cumplido (“True to My Pledge”) documents six political assassinations that took place in Oaxaca in 2006. It reveals the strategy of terrorism implemented by the State, and the impunity of the perpetrators.
Untitled...To co-exist with nature is an art; an art of living that the tutu naku communities of the Northern Highlands of Puebla practiced conscientiously for centuries and when they discovered how to conjoin their ingenious agricultural practices with the benevolence of the ecosystems, a mythical dialogue blossomed with Mother Earth, that continues to nourish their spirituality. But, nowadays, the tutu naku women –the weavers of the traditional “fajas” that symbolically protect their reproductive powers- have yet another concern. Cultural erosion and the use of agro chemicals threaten many species and in particular, the traditional corn field. During a process of reflection and consciousness raising about their sacred food, the women weavers decided to dedicate a healing to the endangered corn. The concept of sustainability is, in fact, an integral part of the daily customs that the tutu naku people have practiced for thousands of years and continue practicing in the present day. The world's most advanced scientific research centers now acknowledge indigenous people as the inventors of concrete science and recognize the need for a dialogue, a sharing of knowledge, between scientists and the indigenous peoples to fight against environmental destruction.
Manipulated footage from a "violence compilation tape," purchased on the black market depicting men hunting and shooting Brazilian tribe members.
UntitledThe story of Maria, a Central American immigrant who is forced to leave his family in search of a better life. To reach the United States have to cross Mexico, and by the way living a nightmare. The documentary tells the injustice committed to Central American migrants who cross Mexico in their attempt to enter the U.S. Suffer torture, rape, robbery and murder at the hands of different groups: the mexcan's police, bands, railway employees and others. Before saying goodbye to Maria, we promised to find her family in Honduras and deliver a message.
fFr history to be known, it must be written, or, in this case, videotaped.
“By documenting the production of panela (a raw brown sugar), with which we sweeten our food and drinks, this video offers a glimpse of life in my indigenous community, where work, happiness, and suffering is shared. It also provides insight into how cultivating our own food contributes to our struggle to be self-sufficient and reduces our worries about money”.
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