Past screening

Resistencia: Stolen Land

Directed by: Margarita Martinez, Miguel Salazar
Runtime: 1hr 13min Year: 2010

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Directed by: Margarita Martinez, Miguel Salazar
Runtime: 1hr 13min Year: 2010
Country: Colombia
Last Screened: Sat 22nd Sep 2012

The Nasa people of southern Colombia are fighting to reclaim their ancestral land. Charismatic leader Lucho Acosta believes in non-violent civil resistance, but as clashes with police intensify and the government reneges on its promises, Acosta's beliefs are tested to their core.

Joining us for a dicussion after Stolen Land, will be…Grace Livingstone – author of Inside Colombia: Drugs Democracy and War and a journalist specialising inLatin American affairs.

Javier Farje – Peruvian journalist, editor of Latin American Bureau and presenter at Hispan TV.

Andy Higginbottom – Secretary of the Colombia Solidarity Campaign and Lecturer in International Politics and Human Rights.

Geoffrey Kantaris – Director of the Centre of Latin American Studies, with research on contemporary urban cinema from Latin America.