CINE & VIDEO

Mujeres de Pastapur

Women of Pastapur

En las aldeas alrededor de Zaheerabad, una zona empobrecida en el Estado de Andhra Pradesh, en India, un puñado de mujeres dalit, analfabetas, dedicadas mayormente a la agricultura, han tomado en sus manos herramientas de comunicación, como el video y la radio, como parte de su lucha para conseguir la autonomía y la independencia de sus comunidades.

Ellas sufren triple discriminación, por ser mujeres, por ser pobres y por pertenecer a la casta más baja. A pesar de ello, mediante el uso del video y de la radio, estas mujeres se han ganado el respeto y contribuyen en el desarrollo y la identidad cultural de sus comunidades. In the villages around Zaheerabad, an impoverished area in the State of Andhra Pradesh, India, a handful of Dalit women, illiterate, mostly dedicated to farming, have taken in their hands communications tools, video and radio, as part of their struggle to achieve autonomy and self-reliance for their communities.

They suffer from triple discrimination because they are women, they are poor and they come from the lower caste. In spite of it, by using video and radio, these women have gained respect in their communities, and have contributed to development and cultural identity.
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Voces del Magdalena

Comunicación para la Paz

"Voces del Magdalena. Comunicación para la Paz" es un video documental de 35 minutos sobre la red de emisoras comunitarias de la región del Magdalena Medio de Colombia. Esta región es tradicionalmente conocida como territorio de enfrentamiento entre guerrilleros y paramilitares, causando a lo largo de varias décadas un enorme perjuicio económico, político y social para la región. Sin embargo, la población se ha organizado para hacer escuchar sus voces a través de las radios comunitarias que promueven la Paz y el desarrollo regional, a través del fortalecimiento de la comunicación y de la identidad cultural. Un equipo de académicos y de activistas de la comunicación de la red de emisoras (AREDMAG) llevó adelante una sistematización de esa experiencia, revelando cómo las radios comunitarias contribuyen a la Paz y al desarrollo, pero además aportando nuevos instrumentos para evaluar procesos de comunicación participativos. El documental, dirigido por Alfonso Gumucio-Dagron, describe el contexto de la región, el proceso de participación que promueven las emisoras comunitarias, y el papel de la evaluación.

Ficha Técnica – Voces del Magdalena. Comunicación para la Paz Dirección: Alfonso Gumucio-Dagron - Producción: Amparo Cadavid Bringe - Guión y edición Alfonso Gumucio Dagron y Amparo Cadavid Bringe - Universidad Javeriana y CFSC Consortium, 35 min © 2006. Voces del Magdalena Comunicación para la Paz

"Voices from the Magdalena. Communication for Peace" is a 35-minute video documentary on the community radio network in the Magdalena Media region of Colombia. The region is traditionally known because of being the territory of confrontation between the guerrilla and paramilitary forces, which has caused over the decades enormous economic, political and social damage to the population. However, people have organised to elevate their voices through community radio stations that promote peace and regional development through the strengthening of communication and cultural identity. A team of university scholars and communication activists from the network of stations (AREDMAG) recently conducted a research project which not only revealed how the stations contribute to peace and development, but also created new means to conduct evaluations of community media participatory processes. The documentary, directed by Alfonso Gumucio-Dagron, describes the context in the region, the participatory processes promoted by community radio stations, and the role of evaluation.

Technical data – Voices from the Magdalena. Communication for Peace - Director: Alfonso Gumucio-Dagron - Producer: Amparo Cadavid Bringe - Script & editing: Alfonso Gumucio Dagron y Amparo Cadavid Bringe - Universidad Javeriana and CFSC Consortium, 35 min © 2006.

Bolivia: Union Rights

This is one of six documentaries on various aspects of human rights that were directed by different filmmakers in Chile, Uganda, South Africa, India, Peru and Bolivia, as part of the Dutch television series "People Matter". The film concentrates on the struggle of miner's unions to keep their organizations strong and influential in the Bolivian political context.
Produced by AVISE - The Netherlands 1988, 27 minutes.

The Voice of the Mines

Acknowledging the importance of Bolivian miner's community radio stations, which developed since the fifties, UNESCO produced this documentary, co-directed by Eduardo Barrios. The film gives an overview of how communication helped to better organize the workers and made their voice be heard loud and clear even during the most difficult political circumstances.
Produced by UNESCO - France 1983, 29 minutes.

Senores Generales, Senores Coroneles

During seven years, from 1971 to 1878, the military ruled Bolivia under the presidency of Hugo Bánzer Suarez. This documentary, done during the dictatorship, denounces the violations of human rights, the mismanagement of the economy and the huge corruption that characterized the regime.
Produced by IDHEC - France 1976, 75 minutes.

Primo Castrillo: Poeta

The film captures the very last days of Bolivian poet and architect Primo Castrillo. Born in a poor Indian family, he spoke Aymara before he learned Spanish. Primo was obsessed with improving his education and he was so good at it that was often awarded scholarships. After becoming an architect in the USA, he fought for the opportunity to work with well known architects such as Mies van der Rohe or Philip Johnson. Only when he retired he started writing poetry, and until the moment of his death in 1984 he had published more than twenty books.
Produced by CIMCA - Bolivia 1984, 34 minutes.

Oloruntoba

Nigerian painter "Chief" Sunday Oloruntoba is one of those characters that cannot go unnoticed. He emerges always elegantly wrapped in a luxurious silk ashoke, glowing of brilliant colours, like his paintings. His work is full of harmony and light: he combines bright blues, greens, violets, oranges, and reds in surprising ways. He is a wonderful colourist and designer, his work on rice paper or on cloth is a magnificent collection inspired in Nigerian traditions and religious cults. He himself is a priest of the Yoruba religion. During a sequence of this video documentary, he wears a vest fully decorated with seashells: "No bullet can get through this" he says triumphant. His paintings are like talismans, the titles are significant of the Yoruba influence: "Three special birds for luck", "Giant elephant to obtain money", "Protection for the house", and so on.
Nigeria, 1994. 12 minutes.

© 2009 Alfonso Gumucio Dragon www.alfonso-gumucio-dragon.com
Réalisation : Agence-Nova | www.agence-nova.com
Crédit photos et textes : Alfonso Gumucio Dragon - Agence Nova