Ogwa is a Paraguayan artist whose name reports of his origins as son of an Indian Chamacoco and fighter of the Chaco War. This documentary is a brief portrait of this man who acted as a link between two cultures graphically conveying the myths and traditions of the Chamacocos oral tradition. Ogwa’s testimony alternastes with other peolple’s ones. These people had the chance to meet him.
The documentary ends with a trip to Bahia Negra in the Chaco, where Ogwa’s community and family live. Then the myth takes human forms and we can glimpse the difficulties and conflicts that a man with a peculiar destiny had to face.
Genre: Documentary short film
Language: Spanish
Subtitles: French, Italian
Duration: 26′
Production Year: 2006
Director: Ricardo Alvarez
Screenplay: Silvana Nuovo
Photo: Ricardo Alvarez, Daniel Cabrera
Editing: Andrea Gandolfo, Cam Tho
Original music: Songs Chamacocos
Production of Direction: Valérie Quinio
Production: Cifap, Kinemultimedia, with the support of Survivorship and the National Fund for Culture and the Arts of Paraguay
Awards and honors
Official selection of “Festival de cine de Bogotá 2007″ participated by Enrique Grau Award for “Best Documentary about art”
“Festival de cine documental de Asunción 2007″, Asunción, Paraguay
“Festival de cortos Memoria e identidad de Obera 2008″, Misiones, Argentina
“Festival de los pueblos indígenas 2008″, Misiones, Argentina
“Lateinamerika Filmfestival Munster 2009″, Munster, Alemania
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