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Lucrecia Martel’s “Our Land” Screens U.S., Revisits 2009 Activist Killing

5/5/2026

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Summary

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Filmmaker Lucrecia Martel’s documentary Our Land, which blends photos, interviews and drone footage, screens in U.S. while examining 2009 killing of activist Javier Chocobar.
It premiered at the 2025 Venice Film Festival in Italy.
The film screened at the New York Film Festival, where Martel gave the Amos Vogel Lecture.
Our Land joins the 2026 Mountains on Stage lineup, showing shorts at San Francisco’s Marina Theatre on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

History

Historical Context

The Algerian War (1954-62) saw the FLN’s urban guerrilla fight French forces, whose use of torture sparked worldwide outrage. Gillo Pontecorvo’s 1966 film *The Battle of Algiers* dramatized those events, was banned in France until 1971, and later inspired activists confronting state violence. The conflict killed up to 1.5 million Algerians.

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Story summary

Filmmaker Lucrecia Martel’s documentary Our Land, which blends photos, interviews and drone footage, screens in U.S. while examining 2009 killing of activist Javier Chocobar.
It premiered at the 2025 Venice Film Festival in Italy.
The film screened at the New York Film Festival, where Martel gave the Amos Vogel Lecture.
Our Land joins the 2026 Mountains on Stage lineup, showing shorts at San Francisco’s Marina Theatre on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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