Wandering Home

The north of Argentina in the year 2000: At a congress the peasant and indigenous communities organized within the Movimiento Campesino in "Santiago del Estero" (MoCaSe-Via Campesina) decided something previously unheard of: They will build and operate their own radio stations. No longer will they endure the mass media's ignorant and erroneous coverage of their life situation. Today five stations are already operating. The "campesin@s" use them to exchange uncensored messages across the entire country. The radio stations provide a sense of community. They strengthen the struggle of the peasants against land theft and oppression. And of course the five stations bring the music that the campesinos love. It's all about finally being listened to. In her documentary Viviana Uriona gives a voice to those who have been robbed of their rights and are standing up against disenfranchisement. It is up to them to tell the story of the film trough their own narratives. And they do say what they have to say with just as much self-confidence which helped them start the radio stations. Now these stations aid their struggle for self-determination and against injustice and land grabbing. In the documentary, the peasants engage in the subversive act of tearing down the barbed wire fences belonging to the big corporations, dissipating the previously conceived notions of what is possible in the minds of the public. Now, all across the country, justice, previously thought of as an unattainable utopia, seems within reach. The film gives courage to stand up against all social injustices, big and small, that used to seem so insurmountable - even in the western world. Just as the old Eloisa says in the film: "My husband almost wanted to give up. Poor boy."