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RECLAIMING OUR POWER

JUNE 16, 2023 @ 6:00PM

Venue  

Instituto Cervantes New York

211 E 49th St, New York, NY 10017

(212) 308-7720

ABOUT

ORIGINAL TITLE: Reclaiming Our Power

DIRECTOR: Marta Bautis

DATE COMPLETED: 2023

COUNTRY: USA-Canada

FILM CATEGORY: Documentary

LENGTH OF FILM: 43 min

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SYNOPSIS 

The filmmaker travels to Manitoba, Canada, to document a Sundance of Women in honor of the many indigenous women who have been missing or murdered in Canada and in the United States. A Sundance is a sacred ceremony of First Peoples across Turtle Island, and this particular Sundance was guided by the vision of an indigenous Grandmother, and a Grandfather who supported her. It was organized on the belief that the acts of violence against women are the result of them having been disrespected and devalued, and that women need to reclaim their power.

 

Through action sequences of the activities in preparation for the Sundance ceremony and testimonies of some of the participants, the film reveals what could be a model of an alternative community, where both women and men support each other in their different roles.

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DIRECTOR'S BIO

Argentinean filmmaker Marta Noemí Bautis began her career as a photojournalist and has worked throughout Latin America. She is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has been screened at numerous national and international film festivals, including the Sydney Latin American Film Festival, the Human Rights Film Festival and Women in the Director’s Chair. Her films include: DREAMING THE FUTURE, GLOBAL TANGO and NICARAGUA: THE CHILDREN ARE WAITING. Bautis is a faculty member at the School of Contemporary Arts, Ramapo College of New Jersey and founder of Tiempo Azul Productions.

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