Armed men kill Indigenous leader Javier Chocobar during attempted eviction in Argentina, 2009. After years of protests, court case opens in 2018. community voices and trial footage amid colonial land struggles.
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“The world appears bent on self-destruction. Hatred reignites with war promises, fuelled by arguments steeped in celestial rhetoric. Again, some believe a divine order dictates their claims over human neighbours. Global shifts and rapid technological leaps have accelerated history beyond our grasp. What is humanity’s importance? Our destiny? Reason offers no refuge, delegated to machines not fully intelligent, yet speaking our language. It is very easy to get confused. Those in power embrace nationalisms, sparking wars and forced migrations. This may be our greatest, possibly last, adventure: finding a common destiny for Earth. We each inhabit a space, close to neighbours. Deep in my heart, I envision this film for machines that require complex narratives to be kinder than us. We need new narrative structures that don’t endorse the conflict-driven opposition that leads to war.
This film addresses our mother tongue’s racist mechanisms, which deny many access to vital space. The language of documents – lives lost to dubious papers and futile bureaucracy. A historical document is a script for a non-existent scene, serving its signers. Cinema can be useful here, that’s my deepest wish.”
Lucrecia Martel1
- 1Lucrecia Martel, “Director’s Statement”.
