America, America does double duty with screenings of Corazón Americano (American Heart) and Na hinarere
The Festival de Málaga hosts these two stories about the preservation of the memory of indigenous peoples through the generations
On Thursday 12 March, the Festival de Málaga hosted the presentation of the series American Heart, by director Álvaro Rufiner , and the feature film Na hinarere (The Children), by director Leonardo Pakarati. These two productions were shown in the recently created section, America, America.
The America, America section was created with the aim of promoting films made by indigenous people, a little-explored territory that will be featured from this 29th edition of the Festival de Málaga onwards.
In the heart of Latin America, life unfolds between nature and tradition. Over the course of seven episodes in seven different countries, living stories are uncovered, which can only be told from the inside. This is the premise from which Corazón Americano starts.
Álvaro Rufiner, its director, assures that with this project "we will travel through Latin America through its landscapes, including the Amazon and the Atacama Desert" and that it is an opportunity to get to know its people and the compatriots who live there through the camera carried by a child.
After the screening of the first chapter, it was the turn of Na hinarere), a story about an event that occurred in 1955: the expedition of the Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl to Rapa Nui, which attracted worldwide attention.
In the presentation, they spoke about what this film means as a symbol of healing of the wounds inflicted when one culture wants to impose itself on another. The story is told in a sensitive way to understand that, in the end, there is happiness within these wounds.
In a context of military control and identity fracture, the Rapa Nui Lázaro Hotu challenges the idea that his people had lost ancestral knowledge, leading the restoration of the first moai erected in modern times. This becomes a moment of gathering that brings the community together. Through inherited memory, the film reflects on dignity, resistance and transmission.
Leonardo Pakarati, director of the feature film, confesses that it is a story in which "we tell the story of the links between parents and children", generations and offspring. He also asserts that "a people without memory and without history fades away".
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