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Siembra

Name: Siembra
Director: Santiago Lozano Álvarez, Ángela Maria Osorio Rojas
Released: 2015
Duration: 80 min

Representation Score

8.3/10

Excellent

2015

Director

Santiago Lozano Álvarez, Ángela Maria Osorio Rojas

Runtime

80 minutes

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Siembra is a character-driven drama that finds its strength in the specific cultural and geographic friction of internal migration. By centering a story on the move from the Colombian Pacific coast to Cali, the film provides a nuanced look at how ethnicity and geography shape the human condition. The film succeeds in disrupting the idea of the city as a neutral space, instead framing the urban environment as a site of alienation. This focus on the struggle to find roots offers a meaningful critique of social hierarchies and metropolitan integration. However, the film's scope is narrow. It lacks visibility regarding LGBTQ+ identities and disability representation, focusing almost exclusively on the male experience of displacement and bereavement.

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Category Breakdown

Does Siembra have LGBTQ+ representation?

Fair

The film does not include any explicit mentions of LGBTQ+ characters or narratives. The story focuses on a paternal bond, leaving non-straight relationships unaddressed.

How does Siembra portray gender?

Fair

The narrative centers on a father's experience of grief and loss. It explores emotional vulnerability, offering a departure from traditional, stoic masculine archetypes.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Siembra?

Excellent

The film highlights the intersection of Afro-Colombian or indigenous identities through the lens of internal migration. It portrays the friction between coastal origins and urban structures.

How does Siembra represent religion and culture?

Good

Cali is depicted as an alien space that challenges traditional notions of urban integration. The story prioritizes individual emotional truth over institutionalized social hierarchies.

Does Siembra include disability representation?

Fair

There is no evidence regarding the portrayal of physical, neurodivergent, or mental health disabilities. This aspect of representation remains unaddressed in the narrative.

Present on Screen

Highlights the specific cultural and ethnic friction of internal migration within Colombia.
Challenges traditional notions of belonging by framing the city as a site of alienation.
Explores emotional vulnerability in male characters through the lens of grief.

Limited or Absent

Lack of visible representation for LGBTQ+ identities or non-straight relationships.
Absence of characters or storylines addressing physical or neurodivergent disabilities.
Narrow focus on the male experience of loss and adaptation.

Official Synopsis

A man and his son move from the Pacific coast of Colombia to Cali, but have a difficult time adapting to the city. When his son is killed, the father must go through the hard process of grief while trying to find roots in a place that does not belong to him.

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