A poetic and penetrating look at the old slaughterhouse in Quito, and the work routine. When you go to Quito's slaughterhouse you can see the emotional detachment with which living animals are turned into meat for mass consumption. At the end of the day its a job like any other, a routine. The smell of the place is tepid and penetrating, the noise is loud, the colour red dominates. And in this place, which to the naive observer is terrifying and nauseating, hundreds of people come, including entire families, to earn a living. Couldn't so much effort, so much death, have an ulterior motive?.
Trabajo
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Interview with Carolina del Olmo.
The Gaston Berger University in Senegal has nearly five thousands students. The University canteen assures all these people their daily food. It is a food chain operating each day from the early hours of daybreak until the twilight of dusk. The film reveals the slow and meticulous transformation of food, but also the bodies at work of the individuals of both sexes who prepare and serve the meals.
Untitled“China Blue” paints a nuanced, tender and ultimately moving portrait of the daily lives of the young workers who make our clothes. It also brings an updated and alarming report on the economic pressures applied by Western companies and their human consequences.
Chinese Ghost Story is a poetic essay in which history and landscape converge to explore the construction of the railroad where 1,300 Chinese laborers lost their lives. There are no stories without places, and places are largely silent to what occurs. The retelling of Pu Songling's (1640-1715) “Kon-Sun-Ju-Liang” sets the counterpoint for this tale of the 1869 Transcontinental Railroad. Throughout the American West, we searched for those absent from the 19th century A.J. Russell photograph documenting the joining together of the eastern and western United States.
UntitledConversations With the Earth is a global indigenous-led multimedia initiative that is amplifying indigenous voices in the global discourse on climate change and enhancing local capacity for action. CWE conveys local accounts of the impacts of climate change on indigenous communities, stories of the unintended consequences of imposed mitigation efforts on local livelihoods, and examples of traditional knowledge and its value in developing appropriate responses to climate change. CWE is a way of listening closely to traditional stewards of the Earth in order to formulate a viable global response to the challenges of climate change.
"Stranger is the one that is always asked: ”Where are you from, brother?” or is asked ”Is it hot in your country?” He doesn't care about details concerning the people in the country he is or about their domestic politics'. But he's the first one to suffer its consequences. He may not be happy when they are happy but he's always afraid when they are afraid". Mourid Barghouti
UntitledWhat does your life look like when you're 17 and far from home in a giant city, working and living on building sites for your family's survival' A film about Jamil, an Afghan boy in Tehran, his desires and his day-to-day life.
UntitledWomen who talk about men. Women who accidental happen to be prostitutes. The men are their lovers, clients, true love. But also a father, a son, a shopkeeper from around the corner or a passer-by. Un unexpected open and warm look behind the scenes of the bright neon light windows of the prostitute neighbourhood in Brussels. Stories about routine, but also unexpected tenderness, waiting, burning desire and intimacy.
Workshop with Andrea Cavalletti and Marcello Tarì. La Base - barcelona 3 - 4 de November 2016.