La Voz Mapuche . The Voice of the Mapuche
Coproduction: Argentina, Chile. Verzio FF Submission Duration: 01:53:00 The Mapuche defeated the Spanish Crown invaders, and do not recognize the border that Chile and Argentina have tried to impose. Presently, the struggle is focused on maintaining their identity as a people, and stopping the encro...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Henríquez, Andrea
2008
Argentina |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:4707e70d-8d88-48ed-9cf4-c98bbca4a94a |
| Summary: | Coproduction: Argentina, Chile. Verzio FF Submission
Duration: 01:53:00
The Mapuche defeated the Spanish Crown invaders, and do not recognize the border that Chile and Argentina have tried to impose. Presently, the struggle is focused on maintaining their identity as a people, and stopping the encroachment of multinational corporations in Mapuche ancestral territory. In an effort to increase profits, logging, hydroelectric, oil, mining, and tourist companies - among others - cause destruction and pollution on both sides of the Andes Mountains. The legal, political and military structures of Chile and Argentina favor the interests of big business. The rights of a people whose spirituality is directly linked to Nature are constantly violated. The search for living in harmony with the environment, a horizontal way of organizing, and a resilience that has never been broken, have allowed the Mapuche to resist for over five centuries and assert: We still exist. In a journey through different communities of Puelmapu (the land where the Sun rises) and Gulumapu (the land where the Sun sets), the documentary takes the viewer across rivers, lakes, forests, and mountains and registers the words and wisdom of Mapuche people. |
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| Published: | 2008 |