From the "it doesn't get more post-modern than this" files:
The Supercines Theater is on one of the busiest streets in Quito. On
this afternoon it's filled with indigenous leaders bussed in from the
Amazon. They're decked out in their plumes, feathered crowns and
jewelry. Some of them look a little overwhelmed but that's not too surprising.
"It left a huge impression on us. For example, the movies are almost
real. It's an example that makes us think a lot because the
indigenous are defending their rights. We have to defend just as the
indigenous so clearly defended in the movie. We had an uprising we
had a confrontation with gases; it's the same as what we just saw in
the movie."
Others say there was at least one thing in the movie that veered from
their reality Achuar leader Luis Vargas says it's where the white guy
sweeps in to the rescue. But he says that's to be expected. Vega says
just like in Avatar, the Shuar are fighting to protect their land
from mining companies. And they're not the only ones.
"This is a Hollywood movie, so it's practically a given that a
mestizo comes to the defense and leads (the people) to triumph in the end."
<http://www.theworld.org/2010/01/29/avatar-in-the-amazon/>Link (via
theworld.org)
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