A portrait of the Mbyá-Guarani people living in Misiones, a subtropical province in Northeast Argentina. The people demonstrate everyday life existing on a geographical as well as a cultural border.
The filmmaker lives in Argentina and has produced Life at the Borderland (original Escenas de la Vida en el Borde) a series of films dealing with indigenous people living in the area of Argentina between Paraguay and Brazil. The series won a national contest, "Best Project for a Documentary TV Series", portraying everyday life at a particular "frontier space" in Northeast Argentina. Seguir Siendo is one of the four programs produced.
Suitable for teaching Anthropology, Ethnography, Globalization, Latin American Studies, Environmental Studies.
SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDS
Best Anthropological Documentary, Best Audiovisual Approach, National Anthropological Institute Documentary Film and Video Festival, Argentina, 1999
GNT Prize to Language Renewal, International Festival of Ethnographical Films, Brazil, 1999
Best Cultural TV Program, Latin American Film and Video Contest, Argentina, 1999
Mention for Best Expressive Approach, Annual Argentine Video Festival, Argentina, 1999
Honorary Diploma for Ethnographical and Testimonial Interest, Spanish Association of Scientific Cinema