![]() Valenzuela is exploring “counter narratives,” she says. To tell the story of Nicaragua’s Contras, for example, in “Pantasma,” Gloria Carrión uses stop-motion animation, creating dry corn leaf small-scale replicas of places and figures, mixed with archival footage, video art and photos, sometimes projected onto the screen, “The Missing Picture”-style.” Peru’s “Libertines” is Kafka-esque fantasy drama, “Last of Kings” a futuristic vampire Western. Filmmakers, moreover, are bringing a much broader gamut of tools to explore that issue, led by genre and animation. “Amidst global concerns such as climate change, sustainability, peace and equality, one topic stands out for discussion: Identity,” says Zsuzsi Bánkuti, head of Open Doors. “I’ve become really interested in stories about women who regret having children,” says “Milky Way” director Paz Fábrega. ![]() Both “Libertines” and Costa Rica’s “Milky Way” question motherhood as woman’s natural destiny. In Jamaican Gibrey Allen’s “Raised by Goats,” as Jamaica battles for independence, a woman struggles towards freedom and self knowledge. Kill Your Masters” tells the history of Haiti’s 1791-1804 Revolution, but from the POV of Afro-Caribbean female Vodun empowerment. That could be said to varying degrees and multiple ways of the titles at Open Doors, all from smaller Latin American countries or the Caribbean. Questioning Cliches, Intertwining Narratives
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