To Exist is to Resist is the testimony of a fight that goes beyond the borders of the country where it takes place: the fight for a home. The film offers a reflection on private property from the perspective of those who have already taken over more than 160 buildings in the country of the Bolivarian Revolution. Throughout the film, we are taken into the heart of the “National Committee for the Homeless” by means of its main protagonists, dreamer-soldiers, “tomadores”, who take abandoned buildings in order to give them back to the people who built their ceilings and walls, and could only look at the locked door from the outside...
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Bravo is the surname of the old lady portrayed in this video, the mother-grandmother of the author. Bravo also means brave, as though in reference to the encounter with the nude figure of the mother, revealed in desecrated images. 6th Independent Vídeo & Interactive Phenomena Show
UntitledThe CCIODH (International Civil Human Rights Watch Commission) travelled to Oaxaca-Mexico between the 16th of December 2006 and the 20th of January 2007, and interviewed 420 people involved in the conflict. The Commission has recorded 23 deaths since the 16th of May 2006. This video documents the Commission's visit through interviews with prisoners, authorities and activists who have no choice but to go underground.
UntitledShows real scenes filmed on the 25th of march 2000, in Rosario, Argentina. 400 people are slaughtering cows which were flung from a truck as it crashed and rolled off the street.
UntitledThe Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela as connected to the worldwide movement against capitalist globalization. The evolution of the popular movement in Venezuela from the "Caracazo" riots of 1989 to the massive actions that brought revolutionary president Hugo Chávez back to power, 48 hours after a U.S.-led military coup in 2002. The main theme is how the Bolivarian Revolution, thanks to its incredible grassroots and networking power, is a revolution that transcends the national frontiers of Venezuela and contributes with concrete alternatives to the fight against neoliberal capitalism.
UntitledThe Ancla2 Photography Cooperative, with the Venezuelan filmmaker and documentarian Rafael Lacau, carry out photography workshops in rural areas of South America, especially with children who have never had contact with a camera. The experience documented here is that of the youngest inhabitants of Tuñame, a town in the Venezuelan Andes. In this production, the children express how they see their community, how they understand problems - especially environmental problems - and what they feel about their reality and the solutions to face it. This documentary is part of the series "Venezuela seen by its children", presented on public television in that country.
UntitledThe Ancla2 Photography Cooperative, with the Venezuelan filmmaker and documentarian Rafael Lacau, carry out photography workshops in rural areas of South America, especially with children who have never had contact with a camera. The experience documented here is that of the youngest inhabitants of Tuñame, a town in the Venezuelan Andes. In this production, the children express how they see their community, how they understand problems - especially environmental problems - and what they feel about their reality and the solutions to face it. This documentary is part of the series "Venezuela seen by its children", presented on public television in that country.
Non-Identified Video Observatory (OVNI)"In late 1986, President Reagan signed the first major revision of our nation´s Immigraction Law in twenty years."
UntitledMany of the indigenous communities in Chiapas have no access to potable water. Water and Autonomy looks at this serious problem and how the Zapatista communities are solving it. Through solidarity and training from internationals many communities are now building their own water systems. Members of the communities speak about ways the water project fits into their autonomous process, helps fight sickness, has provided a means of reflection for how to protect existing water sources and represents another means of resistance to globalization projects like the Plan Puebla Panama.
UntitledPublic security and the imposition of the Mexican armed forces in different parts of Chiapas: Nazareth (San Manuel), La Galeana, La Garrucha...
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