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Lucrecia Martel Premieres 'Nuestra Tierra' in Morelia and Receives UNAM Film Archive Medal

She uses the festival platform to spotlight unresolved injustices facing Indigenous communities.

Overview

  • Martel presented her first documentary at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia, marking its Latin American debut after earlier festival screenings.
  • The film reconstructs the 2009 killing of community leader Javier Chocobar in Tucumán during a land dispute involving the Chuschagasta people.
  • Martel dedicated the screening and her honor to Chocobar and Indigenous peoples and unveiled a cinema seat bearing her name in Sala 4 of Cinépolis Centro.
  • The documentary draws on roughly 15–16 years of investigation and incorporates recordings from an oral public trial.
  • Coverage notes that individuals convicted in the Chocobar case were later released without serving their sentences, a point the film uses to question the justice system as Martel urges filmmakers to act independently of government backing.