Jan 29
International Film Forum: Chircales
Mon, January 29, 2024
• 7:00pm
- 8:00pm (1h) • Weitz Cinema
Chircales (Marta Rodríguez, Jorge Silva, 1972, 42 minutes)
Depicting the shocking poverty, domestic abuse, and exploitation of indigenous women and children in Tunjuelito, a neighborhood in southern Bogotá, Chircales chronicles the life of the Castañeda family for five years. The documentary shows the regime of exploitation to which it is subjected by the landowners of large farms from whom they were renting land for artisanal brick production.
In capturing these experiences, Rodríguez and Silva also created a methodology for documentary cinema in conditions of political violence that has been studied and replicated by filmmakers since then.
Event Contact: Steve Richardson