“We are still here.” Strand Releasing debuted the official trailer for a documentary film titled Our Land, a fascinating new doc from Argentinian filmmaker Lucrecia Martel. This originally premiered last year at the 2025 Venice Film Festival and it also screened at the Toronto, London, San Sebastian, Vancouver, New York, and Chicago Film Festivals. Acclaimed Argentinean filmmaker Lucrecia Martel (known for Zama, The Headless Woman) takes a sweeping approach to this tragic true story, triangulating the murder trial of 3 men, the lives of activist Chocobar and his fellow Chuchagasta people, and the centuries-old, colonialist legacy of land and property theft across Latin America. It’s a comprehensive look at this specific case and the court proceedings in Argentina as they try to get justice for what happened to one of the locals. Martel adds: “This film addresses our mother tongue’s racist mechanisms, which deny many access to vital space. The language of documents — lives lost to dubious papers and futile bureaucracy. A historical document is a script for a non-existent scene, serving its signers.” Out in limited US theaters in May coming up. See below. // Continue Reading ›
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