Daniela Seggiaro : 2012
Beauty
Sixteen-year-old Yolanda, who belongs to the Argentinean Wichí ethnic group, lives with a white family, far from her people. She tells her story in her native language, Wichí Lhämtes. From her culture, Yolanda treasures her childhood memories in the native community, and in particular, values her thick black hair that cascades down to her hips, a symbol of her ethnic origin. Now she works as a maid in Sara's house, who is determined to throw an extravagant Quinceañera, one that the entire village will never forget, for her daughter Antonella. The garden, the food and the dress, everything needs to be perfect. If only Antonella had naturally beautiful hair like Yola's. When her long hair is then cut off for the daughter to wear as a decorative braid at her party, Yolanda is sick with sadness. The event destroys her cultural ties with the "criollo" world and will define her destiny forever. Documentary filmmaker Daniela Seggiaro's first feature transforms everyday life into a powerful allegory that shows how the colonisers' descendants totally fail to understand the indigenous peoples, even to the point of denying their existence. Her film premiered at Berlin International Film Festival 2012.
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