In the most remote parts of the world where the bulldozers continue to push ahead in the name of so-called progress, those people who are affected the most are the few remaining, intact farming cultures and indigenous communities. This thematic focus takes us to the highest regions of Colombia and the Pampas of northern Brazil, where we encounter obvious opposites. While the indigenous people in Colombia wear white hand-woven clothing, this is a stark contrast to the industrial, worn out denim clothes mass-produced in a town in Brazil. Yet this textile difference alone demonstrates the loss of cultural diversity. What is won by ‘progress’? What is lost? The Arhuaco in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the north of Colombia have been defending their traditional way of life for centuries. Now, there are only a few of them left, yet they insist on maintaining their culture and their self-determination. THINKING LIKE A MOUNTAIN by Alexander Hick is a cinematographic monument to these people. Ivan Boccara’s PASTORALES shows what already happened in Europe more than one hundred years ago. In this … read more
Progress and Displacement
Pastorales
(PASTORALES ÉLECTRIQUES)
Ivan Boccara
Morocco 2017 | 93 min | engl. subtitled
Morocco 2017 | 93 min | engl. subtitled
Sat, 01-Jun-19 03:00 PM
Q&A with: Ivan Boccara

Thinking like a Mountain
Alexander Hick
Columbia, Germany 2018 | 93 min | engl. subtitled
Columbia, Germany 2018 | 93 min | engl. subtitled
Fri, 31-May-19 03:30 PM
Sat, 01-Jun-19 10:00 PM
Sat, 01-Jun-19 10:00 PM
Q&A with: Alexander Hick

Waiting for the Carnival
Marcelo Gomes
Brazil 2018 | 89 min | engl. subtitled
Brazil 2018 | 89 min | engl. subtitled
Sat, 01-Jun-19 08:00 PM
