Black Beach/Horse/Camp/The Dead/Forces was all shot in Vieques, Puerto Rico – an island that was used as a bombing range by the US Navy in Puerto Rico for 60 years, and that for the past 10 has been fighting for its decontamination. The film weaves together images of a man who cares for horses that roam the old target range; a black magnetite beach that is slowly eroding, an artist who has helped to resurrect a sacred tree which was once within the Navy’s gates and who has herself resurrected from illness more than once, a man who hopes his ritual movements return the island of Vieques to a cosmic balance – all of these are intertwined – land, toxic bomb, political work, celebration and death.

• Sektion Section: Film
• Programm Programme: Beatriz Santiago Muñoz 1