Native Spirit film screening

January 29, 2010 18:00

Published: January 27, 2010 18:26 by Native Spirit film festival |

Tagged as: culture environmentalism social_struggles solidarity

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Screening of three films from indigenous communities in South America.

6pm. J k'ulej ta sots leb (The King of Zinacantan) dir. Antonia Coello, 30mins, Mexico. The adventures of a young indigenous man from Zinacantan, who discovers a ring that possesses 'the spirit of money'. An adaptation of a traditional Tzotzil oral tale from San Lorenzo Zinacantan, Chiapas, Mexico.

6.30pm. La Yerbabuena: a Community in Resistance. dir. Nicolas Drfosse, 39mins, Mexico. In Colima, west of Mexico, peasant communities resist the eviction from their ancestral land with the support of the Zapatistas.

7.30pm. Second session. The Year Zero. dir. Wiek Lenssen 85mins. At a vast gathering deep in Columbia's Amazon forest, four hundred representatives ritually prepare for the year 2012, marking the end of the Maya calendar. Ancient Indian predictions about the near future of mankind are disclosed...

£6 / £3 students unemployed. All funds raised go to indigenous educational projects in south america.

Contact email: Info@nativespiritfestival.com

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