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Apenas El Sol

2020 1h 15m Documentary List
Reviews Facing the consequences of a violent uprooting, Mateo Sobode Chiqueno has been recording stories, songs, and testimonies of his Ayoreo people since the seventies. In an attempt to preserve fragments of a disappearing culture, Mateo walks across communities in the arid and desolate Paraguayan Chaco region, and registers on cassettes the experiences of other Ayoreo who, like him, were born in the vast forest, free and nomadic, without any contact with white civilization, until religious missionaries forced them to abandon their ancestral territory, their means of subsistence, their beliefs and their home. Read More Read Less

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Manuel Betancourt Variety As a meditation on the banality of colonialism, "Nothing but the Sun" is remarkable. Dec 21, 2021 Full Review Alan Zilberman Washington City Paper This film continues in a tradition of great documentaries: by letting the audience make up their own mind, they will take up the argument as their own. Sep 27, 2021 Full Review Ricardo Gallegos La Estatuilla It brings to light a rich culture whose connection to the Earth is the direct antithesis of the capitalist ideals that ended their way of life.[Full review in Spanish] May 6, 2021 Full Review Allan Hunter Screen International Offers a moving requiem for uprooted communities with no possibility of reclaiming the life they once cherished. Nov 19, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Facing the consequences of a violent uprooting, Mateo Sobode Chiqueno has been recording stories, songs, and testimonies of his Ayoreo people since the seventies. In an attempt to preserve fragments of a disappearing culture, Mateo walks across communities in the arid and desolate Paraguayan Chaco region, and registers on cassettes the experiences of other Ayoreo who, like him, were born in the vast forest, free and nomadic, without any contact with white civilization, until religious missionaries forced them to abandon their ancestral territory, their means of subsistence, their beliefs and their home.
Director
Arami Ullon
Producer
Pascal Trächslin
Screenwriter
Arami Ullon, Arami Ullon
Production Co
Arami Ullon Cine, Nevada Cine, Cineworx Filmproduktion
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
1h 15m