1 00:00:00,099 --> 00:00:01,527 Let’s go! 2 00:00:01,821 --> 00:00:03,261 Mexico city 3 00:00:03,511 --> 00:00:05,461 July 2015 4 00:00:08,965 --> 00:00:11,815 It is important to create networks because it allow 5 00:00:11,983 --> 00:00:13,213 us to learn from others 6 00:00:13,446 --> 00:00:15,736 In Latin America borders divide us, 7 00:00:15,818 --> 00:00:18,008 and we recognize that it’s as if these borders were 8 00:00:18,095 --> 00:00:19,785 placed there almost by hand 9 00:00:19,898 --> 00:00:22,438 because we have so many things that unite 10 00:00:22,479 --> 00:00:23,469 and join us. 11 00:00:24,901 --> 00:00:26,081 Convening of Collectives 12 00:00:26,477 --> 00:00:27,877 From 15 countries in Latin America 13 00:00:27,877 --> 00:00:28,587 and the Caribbean. 14 00:00:28,845 --> 00:00:30,895 In Latin America the tissue is something ancestral 15 00:00:30,895 --> 00:00:33,645 for many cultures and also for our own identity. 16 00:00:33,717 --> 00:00:36,327 It is the collective participation and 17 00:00:36,327 --> 00:00:38,942 above all, to be able to conciliate 18 00:00:38,942 --> 00:00:41,112 several ideas and worldviews. 19 00:00:41,618 --> 00:00:42,868 Community cinema 20 00:00:43,015 --> 00:00:44,865 Free media, independent and alternative. 21 00:00:44,948 --> 00:00:46,078 Video to denounce 22 00:00:46,220 --> 00:00:48,450 It’s sharing all that information from 23 00:00:48,728 --> 00:00:50,038 one place to another 24 00:00:50,195 --> 00:00:51,795 and that everybody realize 25 00:00:51,915 --> 00:00:53,915 that it is not just only a community 26 00:00:53,995 --> 00:00:55,317 or an organization, 27 00:00:55,417 --> 00:00:57,777 but thousands and thousands of people 28 00:00:57,837 --> 00:01:00,557 fighting to achieve something better. 29 00:01:18,786 --> 00:01:20,709 Here we brought together a very 30 00:01:20,749 --> 00:01:22,029 interesting diversity 31 00:01:22,079 --> 00:01:24,089 of experiences -community cinema, 32 00:01:24,124 --> 00:01:26,084 video for denouncing, video as an evidence 33 00:01:26,291 --> 00:01:28,281 All of this is our learning process, 34 00:01:28,401 --> 00:01:30,241 our exchange process, our space 35 00:01:30,321 --> 00:01:32,411 for building/growing knowledge. 36 00:01:33,590 --> 00:01:35,520 For us it is fundamental to work 37 00:01:35,572 --> 00:01:37,992 as a network to support the communities 38 00:01:38,096 --> 00:01:40,216 that are in resistance against mining 39 00:01:40,296 --> 00:01:42,256 and petroleum extractive projects 40 00:01:42,344 --> 00:01:45,044 which are the common thread in Latin America 41 00:01:45,517 --> 00:01:47,907 In this moment it feels really important 42 00:01:47,987 --> 00:01:50,547 to build networks to share our practices, 43 00:01:50,655 --> 00:01:53,045 our strategies and also our productions. 44 00:01:54,762 --> 00:01:57,192 Is what gives us the strength as community 45 00:01:57,291 --> 00:01:59,601 and free media, to awaken the people 46 00:01:59,716 --> 00:02:01,806 who still live within the system. 47 00:02:07,021 --> 00:02:10,121 It has been very interesting to meet other people 48 00:02:10,214 --> 00:02:12,744 who are documenting the reality of their lives, 49 00:02:12,824 --> 00:02:14,864 communicating it with other people 50 00:02:14,969 --> 00:02:17,009 and helping others take control 51 00:02:17,075 --> 00:02:19,565 of the media and tell their own stories. 52 00:02:21,253 --> 00:02:23,353 The idea of a short film produced 53 00:02:23,423 --> 00:02:25,453 by a local organization in Argentina 54 00:02:25,563 --> 00:02:28,153 being presented here in Mexico or in Peru, 55 00:02:28,323 --> 00:02:30,563 seems to us a very important event 56 00:02:30,683 --> 00:02:33,663 for the strategy of thinking on a community cinema. 57 00:03:01,070 --> 00:03:03,380 The importance of working as a network 58 00:03:03,470 --> 00:03:04,980 is a peace experience, 59 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,220 a diverse peace that can be built 60 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,270 among the youth, artistic or cultural movements 61 00:03:10,350 --> 00:03:11,630 in Latin America. 62 00:03:18,789 --> 00:03:21,229 What we did here here is an important step 63 00:03:21,291 --> 00:03:23,841 for the articulation of free/independent media 64 00:03:23,961 --> 00:03:25,221 networks in Latin America 65 00:03:25,311 --> 00:03:26,151 and the Caribbean. 66 00:03:26,722 --> 00:03:29,282 These ties, at this point become important 67 00:03:29,423 --> 00:03:31,413 as the repression and the violence 68 00:03:31,473 --> 00:03:33,343 coming from the governments 69 00:03:33,423 --> 00:03:35,653 are increasing and targeting our fights. 70 00:03:35,697 --> 00:03:37,377 We have a common enemy, 71 00:03:37,497 --> 00:03:39,897 the transnational capital is beating us all. 72 00:03:39,987 --> 00:03:41,737 So finding these people 73 00:03:41,827 --> 00:03:43,307 is a way of saying 74 00:03:43,397 --> 00:03:45,907 “we are not alone, we are in this together.” 75 00:03:47,500 --> 00:03:49,090 You share, you exchange 76 00:03:49,230 --> 00:03:51,080 and you also feel the support 77 00:03:51,250 --> 00:03:53,180 of a lot of people who are also 78 00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:56,190 performing acts of resistance in their communities. 79 00:03:56,741 --> 00:03:58,701 Let’s keep growing our solidarity 80 00:03:58,921 --> 00:04:00,841 saying we are in this together 81 00:04:01,251 --> 00:04:03,291 and we will be until the end!