Myriam Angueira

Collective film made in times of confinement. April 2020. The film gives visual form to inner worlds—what the directors see and how they see it. How they inhabit their spaces, their bodies, their fears and perspectives in isolation, and how they connect with the “outside worlds.”

On a trip through Patagonia, I search for traces of my Mapuche grandmother's silenced identity. There, I encounter the kimches (wise elders) who know how to transmit ancestral knowledge through newen (vital energy), transforming words into seeds for new generations. As I listen to their words, I recover part of that identity that was denied to me as well.

This film tells the story of Chief Inacayal, who ended his days in the Museo de la Plata with his family. His remains were returned to his territory in 1994, but a group of university students discover that his remains are still in the museum.

A group of soldiers from the 62nd and 63rd classes of the Chubut province, Patagonia, Argentina, decided to break the silence. It wasn't easy for them to put words to their pain and share their truth about the war.