2011 | Germany | Short

The Silver And The Cross (Das Silber und das Kreuz)

  • German - 17 mins
  • Director | Harun Farocki
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

This film is currently not available.   

The Spanish brought the cross and took the silver,” are the words the filmmaker uses to describe his pointed analysis of a 1758 naïve painting depicting villages, workers and silver mines in Peru during Spanish colonization.

Documentary History Colonialism Art Social Issues Peru Cultural Analysis
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