Buscando las marcas del asho´ojushi / Searching for the marks of the asho´ojushi

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Marbel and David journey to rediscover the nearly extinct art of Wayuu tattoo in La Guajira, Colombia. Today, confronted with violence, can the practice of tattooing with a cactus spine be kept alive?

Country Colombia  |   Venezuela & USA
Language Wayuunaiki & Spanish

Member and Co-founder of the Wayuu People Communications Network. Director of the Indigenous Audiovisual Foundation Wayaakua. Co-founder, Curator, and Programmer of the Wayuu Film and Video Showcase. Curator and Programmer of the International Indigenous Film Showcase of Venezuela MICIV. Former Political Advisor for Latin American Coordinator of Cinema and Communication of Indigenous Peoples (CLACPI). Curating Coordinator for Daupará – Indigenous Film and Video Showcase in Colombia. Consultant for special selection NATIVe of the Berlinale International Film Festival (2015 - 2019). Director of Ethnic Program at Bogotá Audiovisual Market- BAM (2022 & 2023). Consultant for the Prince Claus Foundation. Member of the Programmers of Color Collective POC². Member of Kin Theory. Founding member of EnDocXXI- Documentalistas Latinoamericanos y del Caribe. Member of SNFMCV National System of Film Festivals and Showcases in Venezuela. ADN Asociación de Documentalistas de Venezuela.

Indigenous Community Communicator with an emphasis in audiovisual production. Has experience and currently works with different Indigenous organizations in the areas of radio and audiovisual production. Processes within the communities of: The Association of Indigenous Authorities “4 de Noviembre” Indigenous Reserve, The Wayuu Peoples Communications School, and the Wayuu Peoples Communications Network, as well as technical support for the National Commission of Indigenous Communication CONCIP in representation of the communications council of the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia – ONIC.

Community organizer, environmental scientist, anthropologist, cultural worker, educator, researcher, farmer. Member of the Beehive Design Collective and Polinizaciones process. Co-founder and member of the environmental arts community association “Jaguos por el Territorio.” Since 2007, has accompanied, created, coordinated, and implemented different processes of wildlife monitoring, ecological restoration, and artistic skills building & direct actions with rural communities impacted by resource extraction projects.

CREDITS

Director
David Hernández Palmar
Marbel Vanegas Jusayu
Producer
Jonathan Luna

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