THINKING ABOUT PENSANDO
HD, Two channel video, 5:00 min
Thinking About Pensando compiles together three generations of histories dealing with the effects of U.S. commercial intervention in Central America. These histories are shared in three forms of oral tradition: storytelling, song, and prose. The narratives shared by Abuelita, Tio, and Nieto are all unique, but are all shaped by the same generational trauma brought upon by labor exploitation. The U.S. not only exported goods from Central America, but also imported their Protestant dogma, which aligned productivity with piety. The trialogue in this video centralizes labor as the unifying force between displacement and perseverance. Not even Jesus could save us from the vicious dharma of capitalism.