Darwin’s Notebook

Darwin’s Notebook from Georges Schwizgebel on Vimeo.

Friday, November 3, 7 PM, AC Gallery

2020, Switzerland, Director and Producer: Georges Schwizgebel; 9 min.
On his voyage aboard the S.S. Beagle, Charles Darwin meets three kidnapped natives of the Alakaluf people. Through a series of free-flowing animations, the three natives relive their capture, assimilation to European customs, and forced conversion to Christianity. A poignant film about the fateful encounter between an indigenous community and the colonizers who will destroy their way of life.