I am so exited for the world premiere of my first feature length film at the Native Women in Film Festival, March 9-13 in Los Angeles/US at The Grove. When Fire Turns to Ash explores how the genocide of Indigenous Peoples in Tierra del Fuego remains inscribed in the landscape. Developed over three years in close collaboration with the Selk’nam and Yahgan communities, this essay film proposes a decolonial reading of the territory.
Thank you to my team: Nick Kuepfer, Mariana Frandsen, Alba Chaile, Miguel Pantoja Elizabeth Anka Vajagic, Barbara Pichler and Harris Newman.
I will forever be indebted to the Selk’nam and Yaghan communities who opened their hearts and shared their stories with me: Daniela Bogarin, Alba Chaile, José Gonzalez Calderon, Estela Maris Maldonado, Margarita Maldonado, Rubén Maldonado, Miguel Pantoja, Maria Salamanca,Maria Olinda Vargas, Tarsicio Vargas, Teresa Catalina Vargas, Tahali Ayelen Villanueva, Luis Gomez Zarranga!
You can watch the entire interviews unedited at: https://www.youtube.com/@migrill
