There is no land
There is no Land.
(2020-Ongoing)
In the early twentieth century Quitín Lame, Nasa indigenous political leader, established the principles of what in the 70s in Colombia, would be the basis of the CRIC (indigenous regional council of the department of Cauca) dictates the need for land redistribution under the precept of "liberation of mother earth" (which refers to being in coexistence with the territory, respecting the rhythms of the ground) where freeing the territory refers to removing the control of the landowners, which in this case are sugar cane emporiums, respecting the rhythms of the soil) where liberating the territory refers to taking away the control of the landowners who in this case are sugar cane emporiums, understanding that these base the massive production on the hand of racialized populations underpaid.
The indigenous people are forced to inhabit the mountains, while the large landowners use the rich flat lands for the cultivation of sugar cane in a purely productive purpose. Hence, since the 90's the community has been taking by force large farms in order to reclaim their autonomy, which has meant exacerbated violence against their ethnic group.
This project tries from a documentary language to break the common narrative of the indigenous people, as the savages of the mountain versus progress. To portray the Nasa and their relationship with the land they inhabit, their strength and their historical struggles. In their daily life we can see how the accelerated pace of agribusiness slows down and appeals to the vision of harmony and living with what is necessary.
(2020-Ongoing)
In the early twentieth century Quitín Lame, Nasa indigenous political leader, established the principles of what in the 70s in Colombia, would be the basis of the CRIC (indigenous regional council of the department of Cauca) dictates the need for land redistribution under the precept of "liberation of mother earth" (which refers to being in coexistence with the territory, respecting the rhythms of the ground) where freeing the territory refers to removing the control of the landowners, which in this case are sugar cane emporiums, respecting the rhythms of the soil) where liberating the territory refers to taking away the control of the landowners who in this case are sugar cane emporiums, understanding that these base the massive production on the hand of racialized populations underpaid.
The indigenous people are forced to inhabit the mountains, while the large landowners use the rich flat lands for the cultivation of sugar cane in a purely productive purpose. Hence, since the 90's the community has been taking by force large farms in order to reclaim their autonomy, which has meant exacerbated violence against their ethnic group.
This project tries from a documentary language to break the common narrative of the indigenous people, as the savages of the mountain versus progress. To portray the Nasa and their relationship with the land they inhabit, their strength and their historical struggles. In their daily life we can see how the accelerated pace of agribusiness slows down and appeals to the vision of harmony and living with what is necessary.
