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Documentary  •  2026  •  119 min

Our Land (2026)

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Our Land (2026)

Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Family Values: Mixed
Christianity: Negative
Viewer Rating
8.4

Overview

Documentary directed by Lucrecia Martel chronicling the 2009 killing of Indigenous leader Javier Chocobar by landowner Dario Amin and two former police officers during a confrontation over Chuschagasta community land in Jujuy, Argentina. Featuring Chuschagasta community members, it follows the incident and subsequent trial in an observational style. Argentine-U.S.-Mexican-French-Dutch-Danish co-production marks Martel's feature documentary debut.

Starring Cast

N/A

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

Political: Strong Left
Confidence: Medium

Lucrecia Martel adopts an allied stance toward the Chuschagasta community, gaining intimate access to their personal stories and contested landscapes in northwestern Argentina. The documentary poses whether centuries of colonial erasure and land theft can be challenged through amplifying indigenous voices against powerful incursions, with its systemic critique of appropriation driving the progressive alignment.

Diversity: High
Confidence: Medium

The documentary highlights the dispossession and murder of Indigenous community members by colonial settlers and biased authorities, amplifying the victims' resilience and critiquing systemic erasure of their history and rights.

Secondary

Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: Medium

The documentary peripherally portrays indigenous family bonds and resilience in the face of colonial oppression through the widow's affectionate recollections of her husband and community ties to ancestral land, but does not centrally explore or endorse specific family structures or norms.

Christianity: Negative
Confidence: Medium

Catholicism appears as a mechanism of colonial violence, claiming indigenous lands for the Catholic God and demanding conversion or elimination of native peoples. The film's trial scenes highlight routine invocations of God in Argentine law, underscoring cultural hegemony that silences indigenous voices. A closing voice-over questions divine oversight, critiquing the faith's role in perpetuating injustice.

LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: Medium

The film offers no portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters or themes, focusing instead on indigenous land disputes and historical injustices.

Trans: N/A
Confidence: Medium

No transgender characters or themes appear in the film. The documentary centers on indigenous land rights struggles in Argentina, exploring colonial violence and community resistance without addressing transsexual identity.

Female Combat: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low

Our Land is a documentary examining the 2009 murder of Indigenous leader Javier Chocobar and the 2018 trial, using archival footage and interviews with real individuals portrayed true to their documented genders.

Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low

Our Land is a documentary that uses real trial footage, testimonials, and reconstructions with actual participants to examine the murder of indigenous activist Javier Chocobar, without fictional characters or altered racial portrayals.

Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.4

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.5
The Movie Database logo
7.9

Critic Ratings

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9.8
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N/A

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