Ragin Epu Mapu / Between Two Worlds: Voices of the Elders and the Youth
Title: Ragin Epu Mapu / Between Two Worlds: Voices of the Elders and the Youth
Location:Â Mission Cultural Center
Description: dir. Ariel Lopez, 2008, Chile / USA, 51 min.
Start Time: 15:00
Date: 2008-15-07
End Time: 16:00
Between Two Worlds is an informative look into the lives of the Mapuche peoples of Southern Chile as they struggle to retain their Indigenous culture and natural way of life. Their story unfolds through a series of interviews with community elders, spiritual leaders and youth who detail their communities’ daily routines, spiritual practices and inextricable link to nature, all of which are being systematically jeopardized by the privatization and destruction of their land. Through the eyes of Jose Pablo Painen, a 23 year-old Mapuche student, the film illuminates the human drama of having to live between a tradition-rich culture and the mainstream world trying to destroy it. The film is a collective vision of a people trying to preserve their land and their heritage. It is a story that acknowledges the cultural pride of Indigenous people, as well as the challenges they face as the modern world continues to encroach upon them.
Entre Dos Mundos es una mirada informativa acerca del pueblo Mapuche del sur de Chile y de sus luchas por retener su cultura indigena y su forma de vida a traves de una serie de entrevistas con los ancianos y jovenes de la comunidad y con sus lideres espirituales. Detallan como las rutinas diarias, las practicas espirituales y los vinculos inextricables con la naturaleza son sistematicamente puestos en peligro por la privatizacon y la destruccion de sus tierras. A traves de los ojos de Jose Pablo Painen, un estudiante mapuche de 23 anos, el film ilumina el drama humano de tener que vivir entre una cultura rica en tradiciones y el mundo occidental que trata de destruirla.. Es una historia que reconoce el orgullo cultural de la gente indigena, asi como los desafios que enfrentan en un mundo moderno que persiste en imponerse sobre ellos cuando intentan preservar su tierra y su herencia.