“Re-existencias. Cuerpo, Arte y Espiritualidad en defensa de la vida”

This short documentary film narrates the socio-environmental conflict triggered by a large-scale copper mining project aimed at extracting critical minerals for the global Energy Transition from the heart of the Andean Amazon. Through Theatre of the Oppressed and the voice of Soraida Chindoy Buesaquillo, indigenous territorial defender, the film narrates the process of the Tent of Resistance in Pueblo Viejo, Mocoa, describing the role of art and spirituality in the defence of life, water and territory against green extractivism.

About the film:
This short film was crafted as part of a two-year Participatory Action Research (PAR) process, developed through collaboration between a doctoral researcher and women territorial defenders in Mocoa, Putumayo. Methodologically, the film forms part of the systematic devolution of research outputs (in the sense proposed by Orlando Fals Borda), presented in formats that are accessible and usable by research participants, and that support the advancement of glocal agendas for social and environmental justice.