Even The Rain: OFFICIAL TRAILER

Although, October 12th is what is officially termed "Columbus Day," today it is recognized Federally so it becomes a National Holiday for most workers in the United States. 

Why we even "celebrate" this day is beyond all comprehension to me. Genocide is nothing to celebrate. And, also, Mr. Columbus never, I repeat, NEVER set foot upon Turtle Island soil, what is now the United States. So beyond the madness of celebrating genocide, we also celebrate a man who landed, on an island in the Caribbean, which is now the modern day Dominican Republic and Haiti. 

I post the trailer of the movie, "Even in the Rain," because, it is a film crew from Spain, coming to film the true history of Christoper Columbus, and the annihilation of the Taino peoples who inhabited the island, where he, and his murderous crew landed. He and his mates completely destroyed an entire race of peoples. They no longer exist.

The Spanish film crew went to Bolivia to recruit the cast of the Taino peoples, whom, of course not Taino, but they are indigenous. Their purpose for choosing indigenous Bolivians, was two-fold. One, due to their appearance, and of the accounts of the Taino people, the indigenous of Bolivia came closest in appearance due to these accounts, and two, they knew that they could pay extremely low wages to fulfill their needed cast.

As time, goes by, the Spanish Crew, come to witness with their own eyes, that not much has changed toward the indigenous peoples since the days of Columbus. This was a time, before now, President Evo Morales, (whom he himself is indigenous)  was the president of Bolivia and the indigenous peoples were highly exploited. 

A violent eruption emerges between the then Bolivian Government and their want of privatizing  the water supply and the indigenous, whom are fierce in retaining their rights the access to water.

The film is brilliant, they fulfill their cast, and the leader of the Taino, is also one of the main leaders, of the indigenous who are fighting for their water rights. The film simultaneously is telling the story of exploitation and murder committed by Christopher Columbus as well as, much to their surprise seeing the same story unfolding in front of their eyes in the Streets of La Paz, Bolivia.

It is a movie that I highly, highly recommend.

With great peace and love,

Maria Joan Juarez Hidalgo Beam (Boheme)