At a time when the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has reached a stand still, the director has the courage to allow central figures of Matzpen to speak once again. Matzpen were an anti-Zionist group who were subject to abuse and social and political isolation in their native Israel for 35 years: because its members affirmed the legitimacy of the Palestinian claim to live in their own land.
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A Mapuche family has been forced off the land they were occupying in the province of Chabut, Patagonia, through a court injunction initiated by the Benetton Group. As a result of this experience the Mapuche people will reveal that they are still very much alive and willing to fight for their culture and traditional rights. This video is also an information tool to activate an international campaign against the Italian multinational, which owns 900,000 hectares of land in Argentina, making it the major landowner in what was once known as "the breadbasket of the world". The first part of a more extensive work in progress.
UntitledThe Egyptian army brutally repressed a demonstration on December 17, 2011. Images from independent sources show the harshness of this murderous repression. Then, mainstream media reports show us a supposedly “balanced” view.
UntitledThe experiences of a young Arab American, Christian woman travelling on her own in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the summer of 2002. The film is a reflection on the complexity of Palestinian existence and the disturbing "ordinariness" of living under constant curfew. Forbidden to Wander is also the journey of personal discovery for the filmmaker, the wanderer who falls in love with a Palestinian man in Gaza.
UntitledIn a city destroyed by war, while society tries to come to terms with the consequences of extreme violence, a little girl finds a peculiar way to survive.
UntitledAn interview with writer and local resident Darcus Howe on the events that took place in London in 2011. "Have some respect for an old West Indian 'negro' " "I don't call it rioting, I call it an insurrection...of the masses of the people. It is happening in Syria, it is happening in Clapham, it's happening in Liverpool, it's happening in Port-au-Spain, Trinidad, and that is the nature of the historical moment."
UntitledA journey through Beirut's devastated neighbourhoods and some villages in southern Lebanon. The ordinary stories of ordinary people. Women, children and men face the challenge of remaking their lives in the midst of the devastation. 34 days of bombing by Israel have left indelible marks. Hundreds of families have lost their loved ones, a million displaced people return to their devastated houses. The Lebanese people wake from the nightmare full of rage and sorrow. Bombs are heavy, peace has no weight.
UntitledA compilation of Columbian film heritage material relating to indigenous communities. Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano.Colección Acevedo (1932 -1948) , Marco Tulio Lizarazo (Guerrillero Guadalupe Salcedo, 1953).
UntitledA documentary that collects the reflections of John Berger, Bernardo Atxaga, Gianni Celati, Joaquín Jorda and Abdel Aziz on how to break through the labyrinth of lies that we find ourselves trapped in. These and other artists who spent time between the ports of Livorno, Bilbao, Naples and Barcelona are weaving the thread of Ariadna that will help us find a way through the labyrinth of the world.
Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)Through the women, the video shows the struggle to attain a fair price for handmade products so that they can have a dignified life, give their children an education and continue with their resistance.
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