Films
In an intermediate way the didactic material is articulated with short films that are produced by the project in a second way of science communication. The project will open a competition for short films on concrete examples, ideas and utopias to overcome historically rooted patterns of landed super-wealth. The best films will be screened at the different project sites as well as at film festivals (e.g. the Guadalajara International Film Festival, Mexico).
Call for entries: Documentary Film Award
Turning Land into Capital: Historical Conjectures of the (Re-)Production of Wealth in Latin America
As part of the international research project Turning Land into Capital. Historical Conjectures of the (Re-)Production of Wealth in Latin America, a documentary film award will be presented in 2026 to outstanding films that critically engage with the reproduction of wealth through land in Latin America.
The research project examines key historical conjunctures of land concentration by wealthy elites and how these dynamics continue to shape today’s profoundly unequal patterns of wealth…