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Cimarrón Producciones is an audiovisual production company that focuses on artistic outputs and multimedia. They operate in the area between cinematography and the community because they believe in skill and imagination are tools for transformation and social development.
"We want to be part of the memory construction and the country’s social knitting. Much of our work is the visibility of processes in communities. We have worked with children and youth making political advocacy through art," says Zulay Riascos
The production company founded in Bogotà, Colombia in March 2013, is presently made up of five interdisciplinary Colombian women of colour. Heny Cuesta, founder and director of Cimarrón Producciones, Karen González, co-founder, and audiovisual filmmaker, Zulay Riascos, producer, filmmaker and illustrator, Laura Asprilla, audiovisual communicator and filmmaker, and Maio Rivas, ethno-comunidora and audiovisual producer.
"We realized what our contribution to the social transformation of the country should be and the need to make the processes and challenges of Afro-Colombian communities more useful by participating in different processes at national and international level," says Riascos. Cinematography came naturally because it's a universal language that tells realities through art; touching on those social problems, through inclusive narratives that reflect their sensitivity and empathy towards other communities and territory.
And, they don't limit themselves. They want to generate networks with more collectives or projects throughout the African diaspora, where they along within their own circle, find inspiration for their projects. "The different stories and memories we find in each population, because they are so different but at the same time they continue to bring us closer to the history of a country that seeks not to forget and forgive," explains Riascos.
They still face a myriad of obstacles in terms of their trade. Being a team made up of women and working in a sexist, centralized and elitist industry it is difficult to achieve recognition or support for their work as there are many corners still closed to diversity.
"We hope that there will be social, ethnic and environmental changes to improve the current problems related to these issues, says Riascos and later adding, "Despite finding obstacles, we have managed to enter artistic and social circles for the value of our work, because it has been our unique and creative cover letter made mostly by multidisciplinary Afro women."
Latin America is different from North America and some other parts of the world because the outstretch is smaller in this arena, and economic support doesn't always exist to encourage cultural projects of different themes. For this reason, many groups and companies have decided to create external alliances and collaborations to continue the work of creation.
This being the case, the visual aesthetic remains central. Their film references are guided towards a documentary language. In their endeavours they manage their own narrative in which different characters can be included for a diverse audience. In addition, they try to establish their brand through an inclusive and social image that rescues the true values of their territories.
Cimarrón Producciones is an audiovisual production company that focuses on artistic outputs and multimedia. They operate in the area between cinematography and the community because they believe in skill and imagination are tools for transformation and social development.
"We want to be part of the memory construction and the country’s social knitting. Much of our work is the visibility of processes in communities. We have worked with children and youth making political advocacy through art," says Zulay Riascos
The production company founded in Bogotà, Colombia in March 2013, is presently made up of five interdisciplinary Colombian women of colour. Heny Cuesta, founder and director of Cimarrón Producciones, Karen González, co-founder, and audiovisual filmmaker, Zulay Riascos, producer, filmmaker and illustrator, Laura Asprilla, audiovisual communicator and filmmaker, and Maio Rivas, ethno-comunidora and audiovisual producer.
"We realized what our contribution to the social transformation of the country should be and the need to make the processes and challenges of Afro-Colombian communities more useful by participating in different processes at national and international level," says Riascos. Cinematography came naturally because it's a universal language that tells realities through art; touching on those social problems, through inclusive narratives that reflect their sensitivity and empathy towards other communities and territory.
And, they don't limit themselves. They want to generate networks with more collectives or projects throughout the African diaspora, where they along within their own circle, find inspiration for their projects. "The different stories and memories we find in each population, because they are so different but at the same time they continue to bring us closer to the history of a country that seeks not to forget and forgive," explains Riascos.
They still face a myriad of obstacles in terms of their trade. Being a team made up of women and working in a sexist, centralized and elitist industry it is difficult to achieve recognition or support for their work as there are many corners still closed to diversity.
"We hope that there will be social, ethnic and environmental changes to improve the current problems related to these issues, says Riascos and later adding, "Despite finding obstacles, we have managed to enter artistic and social circles for the value of our work, because it has been our unique and creative cover letter made mostly by multidisciplinary Afro women."
Latin America is different from North America and some other parts of the world because the outstretch is smaller in this arena, and economic support doesn't always exist to encourage cultural projects of different themes. For this reason, many groups and companies have decided to create external alliances and collaborations to continue the work of creation.
This being the case, the visual aesthetic remains central. Their film references are guided towards a documentary language. In their endeavours they manage their own narrative in which different characters can be included for a diverse audience. In addition, they try to establish their brand through an inclusive and social image that rescues the true values of their territories.
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