Our Song to War
(Nuestro canto a la guerra)
Juanita Onzaga | Documentary, Experimental
2018 | 14 minutes | Colombia, Belgium
Following a massacre by the FARC guerrillas, a Colombian village emerges as a mysterious place where people sing as they guide spirits across a mystic river.
Synopsis
In the Colombian village of Bojayá, in 2002, FARC guerrillas committed a massacre. In this poetic, visually stunning film, the town emerges as a mysterious place where people sing as they guide the spirits across a mystic river. This death ritual, Novenario, is to ensure that the angry spirits of the dead don’t return—a reconciliation between the world of the living and the lost souls that roamed the Colombian landscape during 50 years of war.
Reviews
"Exploring the territory of the village of Bojaya serves as the basis of the Colombian-Belgian filmmaker Juanita Onzaga’s narrative in Our Song to War– the perception of a reality permeated by the irrational, the persistence of archaic patterns, the survival of the sacred, all tied together by an exceptional sense of imagery." - Clermont Ferrand, Short film festival editorial
Citation
Main credits
Onzaga, Juanita (film director)
Onzaga, Juanita (film producer)
Stevens, Jan (film producer)
Despeer, Sofie (film producer)
Other credits
Cinematography & editing, Juanita Onzaga; music, Las Musas de Pogue.
Citation
Cataloging
Pragda subjects
Anthropology
Culture + Identity
Environment + Sustainability
Geography
Indigenous Peoples
Latin American Studies
Religion + Spirituality
Short Films
South America
Keywords
Clips
Festivals
Cannes - Director's Fortnight; Ghent Film Festival; Amsterdam International Film Festival
DIRECTOR: Juanita Onzaga
NATIONALITY: Colombia, Belgium
YEAR: 2018
GENRE: Documentary, Experimental
LANGUAGE: Spanish
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adult
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
AUDIO DESCRIPTION: NOT AVAILABLE
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