DocHouse Mini-Fest Resistencia: Focus on Latin America

A journey across Latin America today,
through revealing documentaries and illuminating discussion.

All bookings through www.richmix.org or Rich Mix Box Office on 020 7613 7498.

Programme 1
12.30pm ONE FRONTIER, ALL FRONTIERS – UK PREMIERE
2,000 miles of fencing separate Mexico from the USA, designed to stem the flow of immigrants crossing the border. Mexican filmmaker David Pablos observes life at the partition, where separated families, friends and lovers gather, either side of the metal grille.
Tralier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo7xBiqUgs4

+ THE INVISIBLES short
Director Marc Silver and Gael García Bernal meet migrants on the route of one of the most dangerous journeys in the world – crossing illegally from Mexico into the U.S.A – where many ask themselves if they will make it alive.


Programme 2
2.30pm LAW OF THE JUNGLE – LONDON PREMIERE + Director Q&A
Deep in the Peruvian jungle, a group of indigenous people protest at the airfield of a multinational oil company. When a policeman is killed and the leaders are arrested, young, impassioned Fachin Ruíz sets out to prove their innocence, resulting in the first public debate on minority rights throughout Peru. Tralier: http://vimeo.com/32664625

+ PROTEST CHILE short
Capturing Chile’s mass student demonstrations.

Programme 3
3.10pm CITY OF PHOTOGRAPHERS
The story of the fearless Chilean photographers who risked death to record life under Pinochet's brutal military regime.
Tralier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcCKSrFP5yY

+ WITH FIDEL WHATEVER HAPPENS short
The 52nd anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, in the sedate village of Sierra Mastra.

Programme 4
8pm STOLEN LAND – UK PREMIERE
The Nasa people of southern Colombia are fighting to reclaim their ancestral land.
Tralier: http://www.robatierra.com/

+ dir Q&A Margarita Martínez Escallan and PANEL DISCUSSION (Speakers TBC)

DJ SET with DRINKS
Movimientos DJ Cal Jader will provide a Latin DJ Set till midnight. www.movimientos.org.uk

Join us for ‘drinks between the docs’ for a taste of Latin America too. Complimentary Chilean wine provided by TRIO and exotic fruit juices provided by Fruto del Espíritu.