Films found one film Festival Prize Category "Shorts" x short films 1 films available on demand 1 Region South America 1 Country Colombia 1 Keywords Film / Photography / Mass media 1 History of Anthropology 1 Indigenous Filmmaking 1 Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples 1 Directors Gómez Ruíz, Sebastián 1 Villafaña Chaparro, Amado 1 Series not set 1 Country of production Colombia 1 Year of production 2017 1 Festival Prize Category Film Wási 2017 16' Film Shorts Directed by Sebastián Gómez Ruíz Amado Villafaña Chaparro . As the sun rises on a village in northern Colombia, we glimpse its inhabitants as they begin their day. As the scene emerges from obscurity, a voiceover reflects on the nature of sight. It is the voice of Arhuaco filmmaker Amado Vilafaña Chaparro, the co-director of Wási. He shares his thoughts on anthropologists like Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff and Robert Gardner, and the (mis)representations they produce. Ultimately he, and this film, affirm the power indigenous people can seize by taking up the camera themselves - becoming authors of their image and, so, authors of knowledge. This film is also available as part of the RAI Documentary Shorts Collection on RAI PLAYER: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/raishortscollection South America Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples Indigenous Filmmaking History of Anthropology Film / Photography / Mass media