The Fight
Austria, Bolivia, United Kingdom, 2017, 30 minutes, Color, Spanish; Turkish subtitled, Turkish Sign Language
2018 Overcome FF Best International Short Documentary Film 2017 Sheffield Documentary FF Doc/Dispatch Prize
Director: Violeta Ayala Daniel Fallshaw
Screenplay: Violeta Ayala, Daniel Fallshaw
Cinematography: Daniel Fallshaw, Fernando Barbosa
Editing: Daniel Fallshaw
Music: Simon Walbrook
Production: United Notions Film
People with disabilities are amongst the most discriminated in Bolivia. Fed up with being ignored they embark on an unimaginable journey, marching 380km over the Andean mountains in their wheelchairs to speak with president Evo Morales. Yet they’re met with riot police, barricades, teargas and water cannons.