Afro-Latin American Documentary Resistance from the Pacific Coast: How Voces de Resistencia (2017) Changes the Landscapes of Aesthetics, Academia/Community Collaboration, and Black Feminist Activism During the Colombian "Peace Process"

Authors

Sarah Ohmer, CUNY Lehman College

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Voces de Resistencia, Capítulo 1, is a short documentary film with an original soundtrack composed and performed by Black Colombian female folk a cappella chorus, or alabadoras. The multimedia product makes use of Black feminist pedagogy and resistance: it portrays a silenced and oppressed group in Bojayá, Colombia. The focus on alabadoras singers and composers promotes self-definition and exposes the power of self-determination in songwriting, an a cappella chorus performance, and documentary filmmaking.

Recommended Citation

Ohmer, Sarah (2019) "Afro-Latin American Documentary Resistance from the Pacific Coast: How Voces de Resistencia (2017) Changes the Landscapes of Aesthetics, Academia/Community Collaboration, and Black Feminist Activism During the Colombian "Peace Process"," PALARA: Publication of the Afro-Latin/American Research Association: Vol. 23, Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32855/2639-1295.1155
Available at: https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/palara/vol23/iss1/9