by Aluna | Nov 12, 2014 | Blog
Santa Marta 16 November 6.30am My last morning in Colombia. I arrived in Santa Marta yesterday and was brought to the Irotama as a guest in a new tower, with a vast apartment overlooking the sea and the infinity pool. The terrace has a hammock and a jacuzzi. Such is...
by Aluna | Nov 7, 2013 | Blog
The British Museum exhibition, “Beyond El Dorado: power and gold in ancient Colombia” advertises itself with a picture of an astonishing Tairona gold piece. It is described as an “anthropomorphic pectoral”. When making my original film, I asked the Cacique Mama, Mama...
by Aluna | Jan 16, 2013 | Blog
Aluna was shown at Sheffield DocFest to acclaim. Mama Shibulata, Mama Juan Mamacatan and Silvetsre then went with Alan to the Rio+20 summit, at the invitation of the Oceans Group. They presented a 20-minute selection of highlights of the film’s argument at both the...
by Aluna | Jun 24, 2011 | Blog
Early in July three of the Kogi people will travel from the Sierra Nevada in Colombia to London to collect the 250 miles of golden thread that they will unreel as a physical trace of the black spiritual line they believe connects all living and all natural things....
by Aluna | Jun 21, 2011 | Blog
ALUNA is a movie documentary sequel to the 1990 feature-length BBC TV documentary made with the Kogi, “From the Heart of the World: The Elder Bothers’ Warning”. It is the Kogis’ intention to change the future of the world by changing our understanding of nature...
by Aluna | Jun 2, 2010 | Blog
Day 1 – Wed 26 May Up 3.45, leave 4.15. Turns out seats not reserved as cheapo ticket. Flight long and eventless. Peter Rawitscher, the anthroplogist who works with the Kogi, collects me. Beautiful room in Guillermo Rodriguez’s fabulous Villa Ludovica in Santa...
