The documentary examines the way in which self-managed communities are organized in Venezuela, of which there are thousands - in both urban and rural environments. COMUNA UNDER CONSTRUCTION is an ethnography of self-organisation, a film that belongs to a series of collaborations between artist Oliver Ressler and filmmaker Dario Azzellini. The film takes a look at the everyday experiences of ordinary Venezuelan people. The initiation of a rhizomatic system of self-organizing brought local citizens together to discuss important issues using a network of committees and subcommittees that empower people to initiate local development projects. Vibrant meetings comprise much of the film, which edits from hundreds of hours of actual conversations between involved parties. There is no narration, with the filmmakers let the locals to speak for themselves.
The documentary examines the way in which self-managed communities are organized in Venezuela, of which there are thousands - in both urban and rural environments.
COMUNA UNDER CONSTRUCTION is an ethnography of self-organisation, a film that belongs to a series of collaborations between artist Oliver Ressler and filmmaker Dario Azzellini. The film takes a look at the everyday experiences of ordinary Venezuelan people. The initiation of a rhizomatic system of self-organizing brought local citizens together to discuss important issues using a network of committees and subcommittees that empower people to initiate local development projects.
Vibrant meetings comprise much of the film, which edits from hundreds of hours of actual conversations between involved parties. There is no narration, with the filmmakers let the locals to speak for themselves.