Lechu vive is a documentary film about the childhood and adolescence of Santiago Maldonado, re-told from the experiences of his close friends from 25 de Mayo, his home town.
It is an independent documentary, and we are not associated with Santiago Maldonado’s family (except for our solidarity with his fight).
Before becoming the symbol he is today, Santiago Maldonado was “Lechuga” (lettuce), a boy from the working-class neighbourhood in 25 de Mayo, a small city in the province of Buenos Aires. His restless soul, never-satisfied curiosity and solidarity, together with his many journeys, made him leave his mark on the life of a great bunch of “veinticinqueños” and later, sadly, of many Argentinians.
Our contribution to the claim for justice for Santiago Maldonado is to try to put on record the life of the real person who has been questioning us (Argentinians) for the last nine months, and to turn that claim for justice into something vital, essential.
Who we are
We are a group of audiovisual workers bound together by friendly and family ties, who got together a few months ago to carry out this project. For that we called on professional friends who share our vision, and we invited them to join us in the making of the film contributing with equipment, work, access to previous investigative journalistic reports, etc.
Because of the nature of the documentary we decided to work in a horizontal manner: there are no hierarchies in the team.
The following people are responsible for the making of the documentary: Casiana Battista, Vera Morello Cuman, Javier Morello y Mauro Tissera.
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If we don't reach the 100% of the funding goal, we will use it to do the following:
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With the 10%
We´ll shoot for 2 days (transportation and accommodation of a reduced team) and with the material we get we’ll make various testimonial short films.
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With the 25%
We can afford a four-day shooting, completing most of the interviews.
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With the 50%
We can afford a seven-day shooting and finish all the necessary interviews.
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With the 75%
We can shoot interviews, locations and venues connected with Santiago’s life, adding a sound technician. What would be missing is getting the funds for the post-production.
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