ĩuja ɓekea / Swamp
A film by Juan Sebastián Mesa
This film was screened as a part of the 2019 Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (CLAIFF22)
This short film preceded the screening of the feature Guerra de Algodão (The Cotton Wool War)
Colombia, Drama/Indigenous, 2017
17 min, Color
Emberá, Spanish with English subtitles
Oscar and his family live in a humble, countryside house threatened by a massive hydroelectric project. In the face of uncertainty and sorrow at being forced to leave the land where they were born, his grandparents decide to end it all.
Austin Premiere
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