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Patricio Guzmán

The Southern Cross

  • Documentary
RELEASE

1992-01-01

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

80 min

Description

Taking as a guiding theme of religion in Latin America, the film shows the pre-Columbian myths, the arrival of the white man, later syncretism and liberation theology. The main theme is the "popular religion". In Latin America this forms a kind of religious sacred territory where millions of Indians seeking refuge. This is repeated in Brazil, where African religions are another impenetrable territory, which also functions as a stronghold, a refuge.