LANDMARKS
synopsis
In 2009, a man and two accomplices try to evict members of the Indigenous community of Chuschagasta in northern Argentina. Claiming ownership of the land and armed with guns, they kill the community’s leader, Javier Chocobar. The murder is caught on video. It takes nine years of protests before court proceedings are finally opened in 2018. During all this time, the killers remain free. The film combines the voices and photographs of the community with courtroom footage to explore the long history of colonialism and land dispossession that led to this crime.
international title: | Landmarks |
original title: | Nuestra Tierra |
working title: | Chocobar |
country: | Argentina, United States, Mexico, France, Netherlands, Denmark |
sales agent: | The Match Factory |
year: | 2025 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Lucrecia Martel |
film run: | 119’ |
screenplay: | Lucrecia Martel, María Alché |
cinematography by: | Ernesto De Carvalho |
film editing: | Jerónimo Pérez Rioja, Miguel Schverdfinger |
music: | Alfonso Olguín |
producer: | Benjamín Doménech, Santiago Gallelli, Matias Roveda, Joslyn Barnes, Julio Chavezmontes, Sandrine Dumas, Marie-Pierre Macia, Claire Gadéa, Leontine Petit, Erik Glijnis, Katrin Pors, Mikkel Jersi |
production: | Pio & Co, Lemming Film, Snowglobe, Rei Pictures (AR), Louverture Films (US), Piano (MX) |