Film screening of LA NAVE

La Nave (2021), 52 mins, Spanish, Kogi – English subtitles

Filmed in Colombia in the first semester of 2021, 'La Nave' portrays the spirit of Barranquilla's Carnival during lockdown. Through clandestinely filmed performances of members from different communities – indigenous, trans, queer, rural, Afro-Colombian, and radical outsiders – Maria Romero captures Colombia’s northern coast largest cultural event in an essayistic performance film. The director shows the relevance of the carnival for diverse and often marginalized communities. ‘La Nave’ portrays sensorial and emotional phenomena, giving hints of the carnival’s culture in Barranquila, and the underlying forms of resistance to hegemonic forms of knowledge, problematizing also hypocritical discourses of carnival as a symbol of local’s society equality and racial democracy.

Carlos Maria Romero AKA Atabey Mamasita is a Colombian-Caribbean artist and curator based between London and Berlin. Their multidisciplinary work takes form through moving image, performance, movement practices, community and pedagogical projects, and interventions to protect and enhance cultural heritage practices and sites relevant to minorities and social cohesion.  www.carlosmariaromero.com