● REC PROJECT · DOCUMENTARY
Goayza: the indigenous soul
of Quisqueya.
Two young people, a '74 VW Kombi and a road trip across the country to debunk the myth that our indigenous people went extinct.
TRAILER
Get in the Kombi
FESTIVAL RUN
Official selection at 7 festivals
Goayza traveled well beyond the road: from RDOC in Santo Domingo to festivals in Madrid, Lithuania and Venezuela.
- Global Trailer Film Festival2016
- RDOC · 3rd International Documentary Film Festival of the Dominican Republic and the CaribbeanDominican Republic · 2016
- Native Film FestMadrid · 2016
- Wolf Independent International Film Awards (WIIFA)Lithuania · 2016
- MICIV · International Indigenous Film Showcase of VenezuelaVenezuela · 2016
- Garifuna International Film Festival2016
- Tribal Film Festival2019
With support from Sparring Partners, a documentary funding and production program in the Caribbean.
THE STORY
What the books say, and what's still alive
Many of us were taught that the Taínos disappeared. Goayza sets out to check that on the ground: two young people travel through communities across the country to document the indigenous customs and beliefs that are still part of everyday life, and challenge the myth that our indigenous people went extinct.
The trip is made in a 1974 Volkswagen Kombi, and they only ask one thing of it: that it survives the road.
A documentary about who we are, told from the road.
THE APPROACH
The road as structure
The journey sets the story's rhythm: every stop opens a conversation, a ritual or a custom. The camera goes along and listens, so the people and places themselves tell what's still alive.
It's the same way we work on institutional and brand documentaries: listen first, film with respect and edit so the story stands on its own.
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