Scenarios from the Indigenous Cinematographies in Abya Yala: Epistemologies and counter-stereotypes

Abstract

Since the 1980s, the indigenous cinematographies of Abya Yala have been consolidating themselves on the audiovisual scene, in academic institutions and in communities (with their networks of communicators, production centers and communication schools). Based on the study of cinema, history and anthropology; from the perspective of intellectuals and indigenous cosmologies, combined with the analysis of images, we systematize scenarios from the field of epistemology (erasure/(re)affirmation), denominations (adoption/reversal) and colonial stereotypes (reduction, specialization, naturalization). We analyse the counter-colonial perspectives of Mapuche filmmakers (Jeannette Paillán, Gerardo Berrocal, Juan Rain, Adkimvn) who, by problematizing visual regimes, combat permanent colonialism, presenting other versions and historical variables.