Land of women: From Winifreda to Famatina
2011 · 85 min · Documentary
This documentary addresses the struggle that, since 1995, Argentine women have undertaken in certain areas of the Pampa to preserve their lands and communities in the face of devastating open pit mining.
Directed by Miguel Mirra · Written by Miguel Mirra
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La máscara de la conquista · 1986La máscara de la conquista
★ 9.01986
MovieDocumentary
The film tells two parallel stories. One, set in the present, tells of a pagent about the conquest of America, while the other, set in the 15th century, tells of a group of conquistadors coming ashore searching for gold. The film takes place in an unnamed country.
Hombres de barro · 1988Hombres de barro
★ 8.01988
MovieDocumentary
A group of filmmakers travel to a Kolla community in Salta to film their folkways. We see all aspects of their life: farming, herding, cooking, football, and making music during a Pachamama festival. In the course of filming, the leader of the Kolla community changes the filmmakers' view of what the documentary should be, and at the end of their visit they are changed. "La vida se puede ir amasando, como el barro": As life goes along, it becomes more pliant, like clay. An announcement at the beginning of the film states that this is neither fiction nor documentary, but I'd say it's closer to documentary.
Women of the free Sahara · 2024Women of the free Sahara
★ 6.02024
MovieDocumentary
The Sahara has been and is populated by peoples who have passed through and occupied it since time immemorial. The Sahrawis are one of these peoples. When Spain withdrew from its colony in 1976, Morocco invaded. Thousands have had to leave their lands to seek refuge in camps in the Sahara, in neighboring Algeria, and thousands have had to migrate to Spain and other destinations outside the Sahara. And it is the women who built the camps while the men fought, and it is they who have increasingly gained social, cultural, and political influence in the territory and in the diaspora. This is their history and their reality.
Fuego en Casabindo · 2022Fuego en Casabindo
★ 2.02022
MovieDocumentary
A search for the meaning of Héctor Tizón's novel, relating it to the life of its author. And the same, with the eponymous opera written as an adaptation of the novel by the composer Virtú Maragno. Also included is the documentary record of the Day of the Virgin and the Bullfighting with the Headband in Casabindo. Alongside this, a theatrical production incorporates fragments from both works to renew their meaning regarding the resistance of the Puna people to the usurpation of their lands, a central theme that runs through both the novel and the opera.
The last ones · 2006The last ones
2006
MovieDramaWar
Los Últimos is the remake of the frustrated Pozo de Zorro, by Miguel Mirra himself. A group of soldiers is isolated after a bloody battle, but they refuse to surrender. The Malvinas war is approached by Miguel Mirra from a different perspective than that known until now. The Last Ones is a war drama where there is no room for guilt and commiseration.
Sara Mamani · 2022Sara Mamani
2022
MovieDocumentary
The filmmaker accompanies Sara Mamani to her hometown of Salta, revisiting the places of her childhood and adolescence and her beginnings in music with Cuchi Leguizamón. At her home in Buenos Aires, where she has lived for many years, Sara recounts her musical journey, interspersed with archival footage of her performances, including one with Jaime Torres. Finally, Sara travels to Jujuy to participate once again in the Tilcara Carnival, as she has done for so many years—a popular festival that nourishes her words and her music.
Norita, Norta Cortiñas · 2013Norita, Norta Cortiñas
2013
MovieDocumentary
Documentary about the life of one of the founders of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
Far frome home · 2010Far frome home
2010
MovieDocumentary
It tells the reality of a woman from the town who, to give another ending to that story, is determined to search for the man who was part of her life twenty years ago. That man, a boy by then, had escaped from his family's house in the Salta community to seek life as a boxer in Buenos Aires where he eventually fell out of the ring and out of life. At the same time, this woman tries to build a world more worth living in her poor neighborhood together with others.
Miguel Mirra, un artesano · 2016Miguel Mirra, un artesano
2016
MovieDocumentary
Documentary about the career of the Argentine documentary filmmaker Miguel Mirra.
Eduardo Pavlovsky, resistir Cholo · 2018Eduardo Pavlovsky, resistir Cholo
2018
MovieDocumentary
This documentary explores the theatrical work of Eduardo Pavlovsky, while also examining its connection to his era and his social and political commitment. It also includes footage of rehearsals for a stage production featuring excerpts from his plays, with Tato himself performing on stage.
