Chocobar Explained

Director:	Lucrecia Martel
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Chocobar is an upcoming documentary film directed by Lucrecia Martel about the murder of indigenous leader Javier Chocobar and the legacy of colonialism on Latin America.^[1]

Premise

Chocobar examines issues of land ownership in Argentina and interrogates the role of this history in the murder of Javier Chocobar, a Chuschagasta leader in the struggle for indigenous land rights.^[2]

Production

Martel followed the case surrounding the 2000 murder of Javier Chocobar beginning in 2010 and attended the trial of Chocobar's murderer.^[3] In 2018, her documentary project about the case was awarded a grant through a joint program of the Sundance Documentary Film Program and the Institute of Contemporary Arts.^[4] Chocobar was also supported with a Pardo prize in the Films After Tomorrow section of the 2020 Locarno Film Festival, which highlighted unfinished productions that were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]

Notes and References

1. News: Pedersen . Lise . Lucrecia Martel Discusses Hybrid Project ‘Chocobar,’ About Real-Life Murder of Indigenous Leader Javier Chocobar . 22 July 2024 . Variety.
2. Web site: Savransky . Miguel . Huarte . Valentín . Argentine Filmmaker Lucrecia Martel on Cancel Culture, Colonialism, and Chocobar . Jacobin . 22 July 2024.
3. Web site: O'Connor . Rory . Lucrecia Martel on Her Brush with the MCU, Awarding Joker, and Her Upcoming Javier Chocobar Documentary . The Film Stage . 22 July 2024.
4. Web site: Macaulay . Scott . Lucrecia Martel’s First Doc Chocobar, A Collaboration Between Sundance and London’s ICA, Among New Sundance Documentary Film Program Grants . Filmmaker Magazine . 22 July 2024.
5. News: Roxborough . Scott . Lucrecia Martel’s ‘Chocobar’, Mari Alessandrini’s ‘Zahori’ Win at Locarno . 22 July 2024 . The Hollywood Reporter.