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Lucrecia Martel’s “Our Land” Probes Argentine Chocobar Murder Trial

5/1/2026

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Director Lucrecia Martel released the documentary Our Land, which examines the 2009 murder trial of Javier Chocobar.
The film opens with footage and shaky cell-phone video of a clash with the landowner’s henchmen.
Martel argues that Argentine private property is illegitimate and that community testimonies are routinely doubted.
Our Land, 122 minutes, opens May 1 at Film Forum NYC and Roxie San Francisco, with Los Angeles on May 8.

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Story summary

Director Lucrecia Martel released the documentary Our Land, which examines the 2009 murder trial of Javier Chocobar.
The film opens with footage and shaky cell-phone video of a clash with the landowner’s henchmen.
Martel argues that Argentine private property is illegitimate and that community testimonies are routinely doubted.
Our Land, 122 minutes, opens May 1 at Film Forum NYC and Roxie San Francisco, with Los Angeles on May 8.