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MICHELLE MILDENBERG LARA

The Domestication of Volcanoes

Still from ‘The Domestication of Volcanoes’ a personal research and experimental animation project about the history of Colombia, and the beginnings of the armed conflict told through the experience of women. It’s 1973, Fernanda is thirteen
years old and has embarked on a journey with her friend Beatriz across Colombia to reach Santa Marta on the Atlantic coast. During the trip, Fernanda will leave the bubble of her neighbourhood in Bogotá, transgressing the vast territory in front of her. She will meet along the way a series of women carrying stories and conceptions of territory