The article describes two films--The Mahabharata and La Commune, scheduled to be shown at this event in Barcelona in May--that serve to raise consciousness about the current state of affairs facing people all over the world. Cultural work that raises people's awareness of their power as well as their dire situations is critically important revolutionary work.
The Mahabharata...deals with conflict but rather than taking a historical approach it positions itself outside of history, outside of linear time. It plays out in mythical time, the time of constant return and of the dialectic tension between the oblivion and remembrance of true human nature.
La Commune offers a vision of contemporary conflict that transcends political oblivion. A cinematic reflection that looks back to a historical milestone – the emergence and disappearance of the 1871 Paris Commune and, at the same time, questions our own social reality and its representation in the media....