Ten years after the civil war in Guatemala, war-like conditions still prevail and the state is regardes as being widely undercut by organised criminality. Guatemala has one of the highest-murder rates on the American continent and violence claims more than ten lives a day. The film documents urban criminality and the people who stuggle against it. BUENOS DIAS, SEGUIMOS EN GUERRA bears witness to the Sobrevivientes Foundation and mother of murdered 8 year-old Michelle's fight for justice or follows the photographic journalist Carlos in his lugubrious everyday working life.
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On an unknown planet the workers are grouped together in polluted factory-cities underneath glass bubbles, whose walls define the boundaries of everything known to them. Beyond, the space is unsullied and clean, looked after by robot gardeners. These workers free themselves in the only way possible and settle once more on their own planet.
"Fear, power and images of the sorcerer's apprentice" took place after six years of research, in order to incorporate archival material into a dense collage about the power of television and its endless stream of images. The use of pre-recorded material has always been a powerful trend in the video creation, and in this field and Guyer Distel reach a maximum degree. His sense of timing, rhythm and counterpoint of the ironic parallels between two narratives, transforming the story of Goethe. The Sorcerer's Apprentice in a disturbing metaphor. Available online until December 27th 2020.
UntitledFrom water to air, from narrowness to infinite space, from darkness to light, from warm to cold, from enclosure to exposure... This documentary follows 7 newborns and their parents During the first minutes after birth
On December 18, 2005, Evo Morales was elected President of Bolivia. For the first time in history, an Indian reached a position of power in the country. The planters in the Chapare region have consolidated a sound organisation in support of planting coca leaf, a sacred plant of great cultural and economic relevance. Today, the coca planters participate actively in the national political arena, where the values of traditional native culture and contemporary social movements converge.
UntitledWith 1 billion of the world's population going to bed hungry at night, Last Supper For Malthus sheds light on one of the most prevalent and alarming issues of our time, the global food crisis. The film brings to life political-economists Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo, interweaving their theories with gripping images and interviews from some of the world's leading experts on the topic, including figures such as U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Dr. Jacques Diouf, Jean Ziegler, Olivier de Schutter and Donald Coxe. The film focuses on some of the most controversial issues today including changing diets, climate change and the use food for fuel, and considers the effects of the worst global economic crisis seen in over 80 years. A leading and up-to-date reference work on the food crisis, Last Supper For Malthus is unique it its presentation of long-term feasible solutions. More than a movie, it is a tool for solving what has been deemed by many as the "Permanent Food Crisis".
Drawing upon the ideas and analyses of renowned intellectuals, this documentary sketches a portrait of neoliberal ideology and examines the various mechanisms used to impose its dictates throughout the world. Neoliberalism's one-size-fits-all dogmas are well known: deregulation, reducing the role of the State, privatization, limiting inflation rather than unemployment, etc. In other words, depoliticizing the economy and putting it into the hands of the financial class.
UntitledLSD: Problem Child and Wonder Drug captures the fascinating story of LSD as eloquently told by Dr. Albert Hofmann, the 100-year-old sage-scientist who brought LSD into the world. With interviews and presentations by Rick Doblin, Alex Grey, Ralph Metzner, Carl Ruck, Goa Gil, and others, this historic message from the father of LSD is a timeless relic and an immediate source of inspiration.
4 Mostra de Vídeo Independent de Barcelona 1997 & Fenòmens interactius
UntitledA diplomatic reception observed in close detail.