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From: United Arab Emirates, Asia Watch: Trailer, Netflix, JustWatch Next: The Platform, Silence of the Lambs, Merry Christmas Mr LawrenceContinue reading “Rattle the Cage – An Eccentric Villain Confronts a Prisoner in his Way”
From: Brunei, Asia Watch: Trailer, Hoopla, Kanopy, Tubi, JustWatch Next: Sepet, Dhalinyaro, Bad GenusContinue reading “Yasmine – A High School Love Rivalry with Martial Arts”
This hour long documentary takes you through the naval blockade on Bougainville Island to meet the revolutionaries fighting for Bougainville independence. They’ve survived against all odds. First, their water supplies and land was destroyed by the world’s largest open copper mine built by a subsidiary of Rio Tinto. They were forced onto reservations. But they chose to rise up and forced the huge mining conglomerate to abandon the region. In response they earned the wrath of Papua New Guinea who depended on the mine for a large percentage of their GDP. After being attacked by the PNG army, the eco revolutionaries were starved from contact with the rest of the world for 7 years thanks to a naval siege operated by Papua New Guinea and Australia. When that didn’t kill off the revolution, PNG sent in international mercenaries to finish them off. But they were forced to retreat and the Bougainville Revolutionary Army survived and the island is now well on it’s way to independence after winning a referendum for independence at the end of 2019. It’s an incredible story.
The revolution becomes even more amazing when you see the resourcefulness of the indigenous people of Bougainville. Cut off from PNG power, they created their own hydro electric generators from scraps from the mine. And without fuel for the vehicles left on the island, they created fuel from coconut oil. On top of this, they use the land to feed the community and treat them for illnesses and diseases. This is a true Eco-revolution.
From: Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, Australasia Watch: Trailer, JustWatch, Amazon Prime Next: Avatar, System K, Princess Mononoke
From: Serbia, Europe Watch: Trailer, JustWatch, Mubi Next: Dear Diary, Cosy Dens, The Marriage of Maria BraunContinue reading “Underground – A Madcap Satire of 50 years of Yugoslav History”
The Dead and the Others follows Ihjãc, a 15 year old indigenous Krahô father. After his own father dies, he starts to hear voices and receives a visit from the legendary macaw, a signal of the start of his transformation into a shaman. However, instead of accepting his duty, he runs away to a white Brazilian cowboy town a day’s drive away from his community. It’s here, isolated from his people that he faces the reality of being an indigenous person in contemporary Brazil.
In a way, The Dead and the Others feels like a prequel to Maya Da-Rin’s The Fever. Both films are directed by outsiders filming indigenous people in Brazil, but whereas The Dead and the Others centers on a young person leaving his community, The Fever centers on a middle aged man that has already left his community that starts being drawn back to it through visions and the prejudices he faces in ‘white’ Brazil. Both I believe are two great films to watch to get a glimpse into the indigenous experience in Brazil. However, take this opinion with a pinch of salt as I haven’t had the opportunity yet to watch any indigenous films from Brazil actually told by indigenous people. Please let me know if you have any recommendations!
From: Brazil, South America Watch: Short Clip, JustWatch, Mubi Next: Land of Ashes, Zama, A Fever
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