Documentary about three women who get by in so-called “male professions”: a butcher, a cement mixer and a taxi driver talk about their work.
Can be watched in the film block: Labor and consumption
Argentina 2018
Gastón Guerini
25:37 min
Once a year the dust is raised in the villages of the Mexican peninsula Baja California Sur. The Baja 1000, the world’s largest off-road race, takes place in the desert. Residents have divided opinions on the mega-event, which attracts thousands of spectators, mainly from the USA.
USA/México 2020
José Permar
1:16:16 min
Eight-year-old Ramón learns kickboxing with great enthusiasm. After weeks of training, he can finally take part in his first national competition.
Can be watched in the film block: Childhood and migration
Columbia 2020
Natalia Bernal
7:10 min
Four siblings give their perspectives on their father’s disappearance during the Brazilian military dictatorship and their flight to Cuba.
Can be watched in the film block: State and violence
Brazil 2017
Nádia Mangolini
18:31 min
By the middle of 2016 almost two thousand prisoners in Chile get the benefit of probation. Some of them participated in an artistic workshop held in the Valparaiso detention center. Through various artistic techniques they deepened their poetic voices, opening new spaces for artistic and cultural manifestations in a sector permanently excluded by society.
Can be watched in the film block: Documentations of resistance
Chile 2017
Cristian Vidal L.
23 min
Yamileth works in theater as a lighting technician and recounts her struggles with discrimination, abuse an other obstacles in this male-dominated profession.
Can be watched in the film block: Identity and self-determination
El Salvador 2019
Hugo Mata Parducci
15:55 min
Since Maxi left her violent husband, she is forced to live in a precarious situation with her daughter. She earns little working as a maid. She decides to become a porter and carry bags for tourists up the famous Inca Trail. With the money she wants to find a safer home for her daughter.
Can be watched in the film block: Identity and self-determination
Peru 2019
Lali Houghton
10:10 min