Invisibles (Tribeca Film Festival)
Javier Bardem is my favorite actor on the planet. And now Senor Bardem has produced, in conjunction with Doctors Without Borders, this amazing and heart wrenching film which consists of five short films. Each of the short films deals with horrible situations that people are living under around the world. But hardly anyone knows about any of this and that is why they are known at the Invisibles. I will just write a line or two about each film because the experience of watching them was very devastating and draining and I want to let is all sink in.
Isabel Coixet tells the story of a young Bolivian woman who is working in Spain. She has to send money to her family impoverished family. Some of them have either died or will die from the Changas (caused by insects) disease because there isn't any medicine that works against it.
Wim Wenders gives a voice to the women of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These women have suffered the consequences of constant war in their country. They have no one to stand up for them.
Fernando Leon de Aranoa tells us about another constant war - this time in Northern Uganda.
After destroying families many children have to leave the area that they live in. Many of them are kidnapped by soldiers who either kill them or turn them into soldiers. The lucky ones find safe places to hide - Noah's Ark being one of them.
Mariano Barroso's film focuses on how big pharmaceutical companies take away medicine that is needed in places like Africa to combat sleeping sickness because they don't turn a profit. Instead they sell the same product to people who want to remove excess hair from their body because it is profitable. But the people in Africa will die and the corporation doesn't give a damn.
Javier Corcuera's film is about farmers in Colombia who were forced to leave their land because rebels and para military threatened them. They are now going back with the hope that they may be able to rebuild their lives. Because as one farmer said the city is no place for a farmer.
Javier Corcuera introduced the film and took a few questions afterwards. But the film speaks for itself. I hope that the film gets either a commercial release in the US or at least turns up on cable or public television. And a DVD release is a must. My hats off to everyone involved in making this powerful film.
Isabel Coixet tells the story of a young Bolivian woman who is working in Spain. She has to send money to her family impoverished family. Some of them have either died or will die from the Changas (caused by insects) disease because there isn't any medicine that works against it.
Wim Wenders gives a voice to the women of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. These women have suffered the consequences of constant war in their country. They have no one to stand up for them.
Fernando Leon de Aranoa tells us about another constant war - this time in Northern Uganda.
After destroying families many children have to leave the area that they live in. Many of them are kidnapped by soldiers who either kill them or turn them into soldiers. The lucky ones find safe places to hide - Noah's Ark being one of them.
Mariano Barroso's film focuses on how big pharmaceutical companies take away medicine that is needed in places like Africa to combat sleeping sickness because they don't turn a profit. Instead they sell the same product to people who want to remove excess hair from their body because it is profitable. But the people in Africa will die and the corporation doesn't give a damn.
Javier Corcuera's film is about farmers in Colombia who were forced to leave their land because rebels and para military threatened them. They are now going back with the hope that they may be able to rebuild their lives. Because as one farmer said the city is no place for a farmer.
Javier Corcuera introduced the film and took a few questions afterwards. But the film speaks for itself. I hope that the film gets either a commercial release in the US or at least turns up on cable or public television. And a DVD release is a must. My hats off to everyone involved in making this powerful film.
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