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Our Land
Representation Score
4.2/10
Fair
2026
Director
Lucrecia Martel
Runtime
119 minutes
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Our Land foregrounds Indigenous voices and lived experience, using community photographs and testimony to anchor its argument. Courtroom footage and the recorded murder video expose how colonial land dispossession persists through legal delay and state inaction. The documentary’s cultural and racial representation is robust, directly challenging the power of landowners and the judiciary. Its political clarity gives weight to the Chuschagasta community’s resistance and grief. However, the narrative is male-centered around the victim and killers, with women present but not driving the plot. LGBTQ+ and disability perspectives are absent, narrowing its demographic scope despite its strong ethical stance.
Category Breakdown
Does Our Land have LGBTQ+ representation?
No LGBTQ+ characters or relationships appear in the documentary. The narrative concentrates on land rights and a specific murder case, leaving queer identities outside its frame.
How does Our Land portray gender?
The story centers on a male victim and male perpetrators. Women from the community are present and heard, yet the narrative drive follows the men involved in the conflict.
How racially and ethnically diverse is Our Land?
Indigenous people of northern Argentina are the primary subjects. The film highlights their community, their leader, and their struggle against land dispossession by non-Indigenous actors.
How does Our Land represent religion and culture?
The film critiques colonialism, land theft, and the legal system’s failure to protect Indigenous lives. It frames the state and wealthy landowners as oppressive forces enabling impunity.
Does Our Land include disability representation?
No characters with physical or mental disabilities are shown or discussed. The focus remains strictly on the community’s legal and land rights battle.
Present on Screen
- Centers Indigenous voices and experiences as the primary narrative focus.
- Critiques systemic failures and colonial history through real courtroom and community footage.
Limited or Absent
- The narrative focus is heavily male-centered regarding the victim and perpetrators.
- No visible representation of LGBTQ+ individuals or people with disabilities.
Official Synopsis
In 2009, a man and two accomplices try to evict members of the Indigenous community of Chuschagasta in northern Argentina. Claiming ownership of the land and armed with guns, they kill the community’s leader, Javier Chocobar. The murder is caught on video. It takes nine years of protests before court proceedings are finally opened in 2018. During all this time, the killers remain free. The film combines the voices and photographs of the community with courtroom footage to explore the long history of colonialism and land dispossession that led to this crime.
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