Bolivian Indigenous Film and the Aesthetics of the Precarious (original) (raw)

2018

Abstract

The National Plan of Indigenous Communication in Bolivia, one of the most notable experiences of indigenous media in Latin America, is acknowledged by its nationwide presence since the late 1990s, its continuous collaboration with national indigenous and peasant unions, and its prolific production. The Plan Nacional is also known for its film production and distribution strategies which often destabilize conventional dynamics, for example, by addressing film directors as “responsables” and not as “filmmakers,” by stressing collaborative production with community and organization members, and by establishing alternative distribution circuits. Based on ethnographic and film analysis, this essay explores the concept of precarious as related to two aspects that characterize Plan Nacional’s work. The chapter discusses first how this initiative has embraced the need to produce low-budget films as a political aesthetic statement. And second, it analyzes how the Plan Nacional’s production d...

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