Shot in Cali - Colombia

País Resistencia

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We live in the constant search for understanding of the four paradigms, Economy, Politics, Religion, and Science. We get frustrated when some of the variables are not aligned in our universe, and we forget as if by magic that all human beings are powerful for the simple fact of existing.

Today I came to tell you about one of the most exciting and magical trips I've had so far, the trip to meet me.

Life brought me back to my hometown after 20 years of seeing it through the eyes of a stranger. Trying to know in depth what the current situation was and the paradigmatic game, which in the third world seems increasingly confusing.

I came back, jumped into the void of uncertainty, and this is what I found.

We were born between the contrast of the perfect country and its imperfect management; we were born between the bombs imposed by those who played illegally, bombs that ruthlessly cut off our wings for three decades in a war that has already lasted 7.

We were born with a mission from the cradle "to change the way you think."

We are the product of a culture balanced between the deep desire to belong to another country, and blurred nationalism, which does not allow us to advance in that search. We are a culture of great contrasts.

There are as many negative things as infinite in their positive forms, we are blood, resentment, and chaos, but like all life, we balance it with joy, dance, a vast family feeling, and a game formula based on loyalty and favors. , we dance with songs to the gods and movements on their behalf.

Welcome to our city Cali, Colombia, a city as hot as its passion for music and dance, where the devil moves freely through its streets and even fills stadiums. The creative cradle of thinkers and anti-system movements are reflected in all the country's art, although the city itself ignores it on purpose.

In Cali, we resist.

We resist the idea of not belonging, of being excluded by those who, with a little more mental and creative resources, eliminate the existence of those who seem not to add up. We resist our thoughts, which, disconnected from their most basic form, do not find ways to unite creativity with reason and thus be able to create awareness. We resist those who observe us from a distance, for whom we are animals that live daily, eliminating the projection altogether and, in an absurd way, the essential thing of being, feeling.

Feeling that in Cali abounds, we are the result of mythological stories, children of the sun, and enslaved people; we have in our essence so much ancestral heritage that it is not necessary to search for it; it is there, in each song, in each greeting, in each movement.
Cali has something that other cities in my country do not have, an enormous capacity to be ourselves that buries us in capital disadvantages but unites us in essence.

In Cali, the stories of young people face against an old generation with fear, fear that divides, that widens social gaps and minimizes artistic expression, fear that controls, and fear that makes it impossible.

But the same fear is the most incredible creative motor for the artist, the fear of continuing the same, of not transforming his environment and repeating the history you already know in a blinding way.

This project is me, and this is them. Resistance country is a deep connection with what defines my way of perceiving and the relationship with universes willing to get ahead amid the natural storm that accompanies us. It is an impulse to tell, frankly, why we in Cali move our bodies, act, sing, paint, portray, and create horizons that, although they seem imaginary at first, someday become real. That's why I'm here.

Today, I respectfully bring you an exercise I searched for to find stories in those territories stigmatized by advanced society and present them to you. Enormous talents, who dream of one day being among the clouds, who kill fictionally for love, and no matter how many times they fall, they get up, draw a smile and continue dancing to the "Sonido Bestial" song.

Today I want you to see the images carefully, to imagine the story behind each one of them, and launch yourself, without fear, to know what was once a source of pride for my country and that today we have forgotten, Cali.

For a second, let's forget about economies, religions, politics, and sciences. Let's get carried away by what connects us worldwide: a smile, a movement, a desire, and a dream to be in a better place tomorrow.

Let's join our lives and change those of those who need it; let's stop once and for all resisting what calls us the simple fact of being alive and connected.

Let's all dance together, and shout for joy. We know that we are worth a lot in independence, but we define ourselves in the community, and that is where I want to invite you.

Let's not forget what happens on the other side of the world and how we can change yours; all we need is a little bit of perspective and, you, a little bit of salsa music.

Thank you very much.”

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