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DESCRIPTION:***INDIGENOUS FILM SCREENING at NEW COLLEGE***  "El Velo de Berta"  "The 
 Veil of Berta"  A film about the Mapuche resistance to the RALCO Dam on the 
 Bio Bio River in Chile.  Jeannette Paillán  Mapuche filmmaker   will be at 
 the screening   Tuesday, October 18, 7pm  New College Theater  777 Valencia 
 Street  San Francisco  For more information call: 415-643-8210  or e-mail 
 ariel_opez@yahoo.com  “ The Veil of Berta", is a delicate narration of 
 the story of Berta Quintreman, an elderly indigenous women who at the age 
 of 88 lead the last group opposing the constrtuction of the Ralco project, 
 a gigantic dam that will stop the flow of the Bio Bio River, and flood the 
 land where her native Mapuche Pewenche community, Ralco Lepoy, have lived 
 for centuries. A woman with a strong personality and a unique blend of 
 humor and energy, Berta lives alone on her small pieces of land, and 
 observes all the traditions of her people. On a daily basis she greets the 
 trees and the sun, takes mate ( a typical herbal tea) with her dead and 
 says her prayers. But at the same time she confronts the authorities of 
 Endesa and the government, manages to halt the machinery and works together 
 with other families to prevent the flooding of their land.  Joris Ivens 
 Competition IDFA 2004- Holland  Ramsar – Award, Best Documentary  V 
 Festival Ecofilms, Greece  1st Mention of the Jury  3 Continents Film 
 Festival, Italy    Jeannette Paillán, Director of the Mapuche community 
 organization Lulul Mahuida, is a Mapuche filmmaker and journalist. She 
 served as festival coordinator of the 7th Festival of Indigenous Film and 
 Video (2004, Santiago, Chile). Her films have been screening 
 internationally since 1994, and her documentary Wallmapu was awarded at the 
 2003 Human Rights Film Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Wallmapu (2002) 
 is the first documentary entirely directed and produced by Mapuche. It is 
 the first historical film of Chile from the indigenous perspective. "The 
 Veil of Berta" is her latest film.   \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/10/17/78513.php
SUMMARY:Indigenous Film Screening with Mapuche Filmmaker Jeannette Paillán
LOCATION:New College Theater  777 Valencia Street  San Francisco
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/10/17/78513.php
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