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The System

In the darkness of the Mamoré River, a boat moves silently through the Bolivian rainforest. Three lights cut across the water as loudspeakers break into the natural soundscape. With no human audience – only trees, animals and machines – a voice recites The System by Eduardo Galeano. Stripped of gesture and presence, the spoken word becomes an act of clandestine resistance: a sonic protest staged in uninhabited space, where nature bears witness and language confronts power from the shadows.

2m2014

Spanish

Crew and Cast

Storyline

In the darkness of the Mamoré River, a boat moves silently through the Bolivian rainforest. Three lights cut across the water as loudspeakers break into the natural soundscape. With no human audience – only trees, animals and machines – a voice recites The System by Eduardo Galeano. Stripped of gesture and presence, the spoken word becomes an act of clandestine resistance: a sonic protest staged in uninhabited space, where nature bears witness and language confronts power from the shadows.

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Info

Original title
El sistema
Status
Released
Released
13 November 2014
Runtime
2m

Production

Director
Marco Godoy
Writers
Marco Godoy
Countries
Spain, Bolivia

Languages

Original
Spanish
Spoken
Spanish