#When two worlds collide movie#

“The true-life struggle between indigenous Amazonian Peruvians and the government that is actively encouraging multinational corporations to encroach on their land. Shot over several years’ course, WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE, maintains a raw verité feel despite its narrative, temporal and geographic sprawl.” “A vivid if unabashedly partisan depiction of the clash between indigenous Peruvian minorities and government interests. Shooting the film over eight years, (they) gained an entrée to Peru’s indigenous communities… Their proximity to this humble and charismatic leader provides an insider’s perspective on the development of the indigenous protest campaign.” Earnest, direct and sometimes surprisingly dramatic. (The filmmakers) undertake an in-depth investigation of these conflicts in the Peruvian Amazon with their first documentary feature. “Effectively clarifies complex social and political issues. “Tells with gripping immediacy the real-life Shakespearean tragedy. Filmed in breathtakingly beautiful color, with passionate direction and brilliant editing.” “A heart-stopping look at how indigenous people organize to fight a land grab to sell foreign investors their communally owned land. The directors shot over the course of years, and they put epochal moments on the screen.” The rawest vision of capitalism run amok. With support from the Richard Brick, Geri Ashur & Sara Bershtel Fund for Social Justice Documentaries. Here is a documentary that updates that story with aplomb. We recently played the Oscar-nominated EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT, a drama of Amazonian intrigue and Western corruption. “Frankly, they’re savages,” intones the Minister of the Interior on Peruvian TV. Pizango, reminiscent of Cesar Chavez in his charisma and implacability, organizes people who have called the rainforest home for a millennia, to oppose the illegal and violent takeover of their land. It is a David and Goliath battle currently being fought in one of the world’s most lush and magnificent rainforests. Alan Garcia, President of Peru (2006-2011), backed by the multinational corporations intent on exploiting the Amazon’s rich natural resources. Orzel have been portraying.Alberto Pizango, indigenous leader of Peru’s Amazonian people, vs. Pizango speaking with the father of a police officer who disappeared amid the violence tied to the protests, and his manner is chilly to the point of calculating - he’s no longer the soulful man of the people that Ms. There is something evasive about it as well. The issues presented in “When Two Worlds Collide” are so crucial that it feels churlish to characterize it as a dutiful, and ultimately pedestrian, documentary. In this tense and immersive tour de force, audiences are taken directly into the line of fire between powerful.

Pizango, who at one point seeks asylum in Nicaragua after being charged with sedition for leading protests, but returns to Peru to face those allegations a year later.

#When two worlds collide movie#

The movie uses television news footage, and meetings and protests shot by the filmmakers, who have been recording their subjects since 2007, and recent interviews with former government figures and protesters. “When Two Worlds Collide,” a documentary directed by the first-time feature filmmakers Heidi Brandenburg and Matthew Orzel, chronicles a conflict that resulted in one particularly effective piece of civil disobedience - a move by indigenous protesters to cut off commercial trucking routes - before it deteriorated into violence and death. Various factions rose up to oppose his administration’s actions, including Aidesep, the i nterethnic association for the development of the Peruvian rain forest, an organization of indigenous Amazonians led by Alberto Pizango. During his second term as president of Peru, from 2006 to 2011, Alan García made deals and pushed through laws allowing for greater corporate and industrial incursions into the Amazon than the government had ever permitted.