General Information

Original Title

La Voz Mapuche

Author/Creator

Fernández, Pablo, director.

Language

Spanish.

Subtitles

English

Published

Argentina : Henríquez, Andrea, 2008.

Physical Description

DVD-ROM (113 min.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00004317

Contents/Summary

Summary

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.

Subjects

Genre

Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Title Translation

The Voice of the Mapuche

Note

Coproduction: Argentina, Chile. Verzio FF Submission

Duration: 01:53:00

Library Special Collection

Verzio Film Festival Submission

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
DVD-ROM	OSA Film Library	FL Record 2713	Available	-	-
Digital film	OSA Film Library	FL Record 2713 (HU_OSA_00004317.mp4)	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format