Event overview
In the driest desert on earth, industry takes away, dance gives back
Observational documentary set in the desert regions of the copper mining industry in Northern Chile. The film delves into a yearly festival following three separate families of Andean origins who live and work in one of its most extreme mining cities. We watch them travel into the inner mountains, where they populate this ancient festival with fantastical beings of their own creation. Through dance, music and customs, these people transport themselves into a different spiritual dimension, in an effort to deal with their changing surroundings. Told through a combination of observational footage, dream sequences and archive, it delves into the relationship between Chile's enormous mining extraction and the families whose culture has inevitably been shaped by these forces. The main body of the film works as a journey from the heart of the copper production to a sacred village in the Andes Mountains, all of which takes place on the backdrop of an overwhelming natural landscape.
The Director, Felipe Palma (Santiago de Chile, 1981) is a current PhD student in Visual Sociology at Goldsmiths.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
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| 22 Feb 2017 | 1:30pm - 3:00pm |
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