He talks about his fears for Brazil under the extreme right-wing government of Bolsonaro, especially the abuse of minority groups. His film about the arrest and violent abuse of a young man by the Brazilian police is also an interesting experiment in combining documentary and fiction.
Latin America
The challenges: How to build a new country
Any political project that involves overcoming the underdevelopment, current dependencies and poverty of the social majorities in Latin America and the Caribbean, also means facing enormous challenges that go beyond any simply reformist project. Juan Diego García It is not enough that a political project aims only to […]
Fascism
Some things going on at the moment would justify the idea of a return of fascism in many parts of the world. We are facing a considerable decline in the so-called “rule of law”, that is, the abandonment of democratic forms of rule by the wealthy (the “democratic dictatorship of the wealthy classes”) and the establishment in its place of forms of rule that in many ways mirror classic forms of fascism.
Luis Ospina(Part 2): The social context of film-making
Cinema as a document or cinema as exploitation? The responsibility of cinema and TV series in stunting public debate, and encouraging a culture of easy money. Making a biographical film while close to death, his life really passed in front of his eyes. Graham Douglas His latest film […]
“Roots 6”: Salam aleikum
The love story between Loua and Amar knows no boundaries. They work together on a project that seeks to promote the integration of immigrants and Arabic-speaking refugees in Chile. Marcella Via Loua and Amar are a Syrian couple who arrived in Santiago a year and a half ago. […]
















