Mother Earth’s Inner Organs

    Los órganos internos de la Madre Tierra

    • Ana Bravo-Perez
    • Colombia, Netherlands
    • 2022
    • 22 min
    • World Premiere
    • IDFA Competition for Short Documentary

    The first mountains that the Amsterdam-based Colombian artist and filmmaker Ana Bravo Pérez saw in the Netherlands were black. In this experimental work, she follows the stench of the coal in the port of Amsterdam back to its origin: an open wound in northern Colombia. The mine is located in the territory of the Wayuu and has a huge impact on the indigenous people.

    Bravo Pérez combines various  styles and mixes Dutch, English and Spanish in the narration. Most documentary are the scenes where two Wayuu women talk about the impact of mining and about their spiritual bond with Mma—“Mother Earth”—although the film also shows that this translation doesn’t express the full meaning. The Wayuu treat Mma with respect and care, unlike the foreigners who extract coal to generate electricity. The scale of that extraction becomes apparent in a minutes-long shot of a seemingly never-ending freight train carrying coal.

    Credits

    • 22 min
    • color / black and white
    • DCP
    • Spoken languages: English, Spanish, Dutch
    • Subtitles in: English
    Director
    Ana Bravo-Perez
    Production
    Joram Kraaijeveld, Ana Bravo-Perez for Urkunina Films
    Cinematography
    Daniel Donato
    Editing
    Lucas Camargo de Barros, Ana Bravo-Perez
    Sound
    Carlos Segovia

    IDFA history

    2022
    World Premiere
    IDFA Competition for Short Documentary

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