Support Chilean Documentary Director Arrested by Authorities
July 1, 2008, 10:43 pm
Filed under: democracy, digital revolution, documentary, environment, film, politics | Tags: chile, documentary, indigenous, lumber, police
Filed under: democracy, digital revolution, documentary, environment, film, politics | Tags: chile, documentary, indigenous, lumber, police
The Chilean documentary filmmaker Elena Varela López has been arrested and is currently being held in Rancagua Prison in central Chile. Over the last four years she has been researching and filming a documentary on the conflict between lumber companies and Chiles Mapuche Indigenous people, over the use of land