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Rita is an 18 year old girl who sees many problems in her community, so she decides to be a candidate for the position of Council within her community to fight for the improvement of the living conditions of the indigenous Chimilas.

  • Stefant Mendinueta
    Director
  • Sandra Carolina Patiño
    Producer
  • Yuranis López
    Key Cast
    "Rita"
  • Gladis Carmona
    Key Cast
    "Luisa"
  • Ramiro Ariza
    Cienamtography
  • Pilar Pedraza
    Cienamtography
  • Natalia Gualy
    Sound
  • Jorge Luis Granados
    Sound
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Ethnical, Youth, Women, indigenous, minorities
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 10 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 24, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    Colombia
  • Country of Filming:
    Colombia
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Stefant Mendinueta

Stefany Mendinueta (Santa Marta - Colombia -1997)

She is a young indigenous woman from the Chimila Community of the Naaraj Kamanta Reserve in Santa Marta (Magdalena) on the northern coast of Colombia. She became a filmmaker through the process of the workshops from the Research Project "StoryLab Skills Training for Democratised Film Industries", carried out in Naaraj Kamanta in 2019, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in collaboration with the University of Central Lancashire (UK), Griffith University (Australia) and the University of Ibagué (Colombia).
This is her first film, made from a script that was constructed in a communal way within the workshop and had the participation of several members of the Chimila community and the members of the research group.

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