Synopsis

Farmers movements and community leaders from the Atacama Desert (Chile) and in the Jadar Valley (Serbia) come together in a unique and exceptional joint struggle against the extraction of lithium and copper by the mining giant Rio Tinto, delivering a critical but proactive examination of the energy transition.

Team

• Aline

  Juárez

  Co-director, Director of Photography

  Aline Juarez is a director and filmmaker from Mexico City. She has
  participated in several artistic projects as director of photography and filmmaker, most of them related to marginalized communities in Latin America or the migrant diaspora in Europe. Her work addresses socio-environmental issues through a feminist and decolonial gaze.

  Her previous films are:

  Wären Sie mal besser zu Hause geblieben (2020).
  Documentary (5′) about police action in Berlin.

  Parda (2019)
  Docu-fiction (30′) An authoritarian regime plans to restore white supremacy in Brazil.

  Displaced Voices (2018)
  Documentary (22′) about the displacement of indigenous communities in
  Chiapas, Mexico.

  Days of Struggle, Days of Mourning (2017).
  Documentary (31′) on the labor struggles of migrants in Andalusian agriculture.

• Juan Francisco

  Donoso

  Co-director, producer

  Juan Donoso is a Chilean audiovisual producer and consultant on socio-environmental issues. He is a seeker of climate solutions, an adventurer of narrative strategies and convinced of the transformative power of stories. His work has appeared in a wide range of media in Latin America and Europe.

Technical Info

Format: 4K
Duration: 75 min
Country/s: Chile, Serbia, Germany
Director: Aline Juárez and Juan Francisco Donoso
Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/formando_rutas/