When the Carob tree was our livelihood, it was normal to see rabbits, armadillos, and other species around. The day the white man arrived, the black eagle warned us: Danger. Five men of different indigenous communities of the Greater Chaco region keep their people’s history of struggle alive, since the arrival of the first white men to the present day. Filmed in the Argentine provinces of Formosa, Chaco, Salta, Santiago del Estero and Buenos Aires, as well as in Bolivia and Paraguay. Spoken in Qom, Wichí, Pilagá and Spanish.
Festivals and Awards:
BAFICI / Official Human Rights Competition / 2017 / Buenos Aires
Festival de Cine de las Alturas / International Documentary Competition / 2017 / Jujuy
*Jury Distinction
*Best Editing
Festival 3 Margens / International Exhibit / 2017 / Brazil-Argentina-Paraguay
Oaxaca Film Fest / PowerDocs Competition / 2017 / Oaxaca, Mexico
*Best Power Docs Film
FAB / Competition / 2017 / Bariloche
*Best Editing
*Best Sound
Cinema de Fronteira Pachamama / Indigenous Exhibit / 2017 / Brazil
La Habana Film Fest / Latin America in Perspective / 2017 / Cuba
FESAALP / Human Rights / 2017 / La Plata
Festival delle Terre / International Competition / 2017 / Rome
*Crocevia Award for Best Film
This Human World Film Fest / Official Selection / 2017 / Vienna
X Encuentro Hispanoamericano de Cine y Video Documental Independiente Contra el Silencio Todas las Voces / Official Selection / 2017 / Mexico
DEECAD / Closing Film / 2017 / Chaco
Script: LUCAS PALACIOS
Production Manager: ULISES DE LA ORDEN
Producer’s Assistant: MERCEDES ROCA
Direct Sound: PAULA RAMÍREZ (ASA)
Sound Post-Production: FACUNDO GÓMEZ
Music: IGNACIO RAGONE
Director of Photography: SOFÍA FONTENLA
Animation: ADRIÁN NOÉ Y DANTE GINEVRA
Editor: MARCELA TRUGLIO (SAE)
Structure: GERMÁN CANTORE (SAE)
Production: IGNACIO RAGONE, JUAN FERNÁNDEZ GEBAUER, ULISES DE LA ORDEN, UNNOBA, UNTREF, LAURA DURÁN
Director: IGNACIO RAGONE, JUAN FERNÁNDEZ GEBAUER AND ULISES DE LA ORDEN