Huila’s Bleeding, 2014

 

Huila’s Bleeding
Carolina Caycedo and Entre Aguas.
HD Video, 12 Min

In southwest Colombia, rural communities have begun using direct action in their struggle against the privatization of natural resources by multinational corporations. This video, by the artists Carolina Caycedo and Entre Aguas, focuses on inhabitants whose way of life has been threatened by the construction of a major new hydroelectric project on the Magdalena River.

Video and text featured in Creative Time Reports:
http://creativetimereports.org/2015/03/17/activists-fight-privatization-colombias-magdalena-river/