Cinema
In America, the exploitation of natural resources cannot be separated from the exploitation of people. What resistance is possible? How does the history of the landscapes flow into the present of the people? "Landscapes of Resistance" shows films from the Andes region and beyond that address these questions. Questions that seem important in Tyrol today. Are parallels possible despite the distance?
With films by Jorge Sanjinés, Beatriz Palacios, Marina Herrera, Kiro Russo, Sky Hopinka and Miguel Hilari.
Tuesday, 27.06.2023, 7 pm:
Introduction to the film program by Nadja Ayoub
Showing:
Documentary about the popular struggle that made the recovery of the democratic process in Bolivia possible, interrupted by the military coup of Colonel Natusch in 1979 and the assault on power by General García Mesa just one year later. Accompanying the events, without interpretations or analysis, the film shows the high degree of social and political awareness of the Bolivian people.
Wednesday, 28.06.2023, short films, 4 pm:
Showing:
"Heroínas", Marina Herrera, Peru, 2022, 21', OV mit engl. Untertiteln
Almost 250 years ago, an Indigenous noblewoman named Tomasa Ttito Condemayta gathered together over a thousand women to fight against the Spanish colonial rulers. In present-day Peru, female followers of all ages bring gifts to her resting place where they dance and celebrate together to draw strength and courage or request protection and good grades. A mockumentary in tribute of this special heroine.
"Juku", Kiro Russo, Bolivien, 2010, 17’, OV mit engl. Untertiteln
The dark mass between the screen and the room can beat again like the first darkness. Deep in it a man moves. He’s got a lamp. His light and his shadow form the rocks that will end up taking the screen. About 10000 people enter daily into Posokoni, the largest tin mine in Bolivia.
"Sunflower Siege Engine", Sky Hopinka, USA, 2022, 13', OV mit engl. Untertiteln
Moments of resistance are collapsed and woven together; from documentation of the Indigenous led occupation of Alcatraz, to the reclamation of Cahokia and the repatriation of the ancestors, to one’s reflections on their body as they exist in the world today, These are gestures that meditate on the carceral inception and nature of the reservation system, and where sovereignty and belligerence intersect and diverge.
Thursday, 29.06.2023, 7 pm:
Showing:
"Cerro Saturno", Miguel Hilari, Bolivia, 2022, 13', no dialogue
A mountain range in fog and snow.
Human absence, ancient sacred places.
Traces appear: Dirt roads, antennas, transmission lines.
Human faces, behind windows and rain.
A city.
"Viejas historias", Miguel Hilari, Bolivia, 2023, 20', OV with English subtitles
In 1996, a massacre occurred in a Bolivian gold mine. On the road to the mine, a farmer was killed by the military. We search for his traces in landscapes, memories and faces, in a videotape and press pictures. What do the images show, and what do they hide?
In cooperation with IFFI.
