Cosmographies (2024)
Maori astrobiologist Xuê Noon (Victoria Hunt) finds solace in Mars in 2051 as a leader from the Aotearoa Space Agency on an international scientific mission, following the discovery of dormant microorganisms by the NASA Mars Sample Return Mission in 2039. Xuê wanders across this sentient planet and reflects on the newly found lifeforms as she grows plants in a glasshouse. Through the spirit of an ancient taniwha, she slipstreams in spacetime to the Atacama Desert in 2023 where she lived as an Indigenous scientist years earlier. In Atacama the film engages with numerous ongoing life-and-death struggles for land and water justice led by Indigenous communities, activists, and scientists in this old, vital yet scarred desert. Through interviews and conversations, the film depicts centuries old and ongoing forms of social injustice and ecological degradation to weave a critical allegory against the renewed commercial impulse of a new space age rampaging in the 2020's.
Cast
- Victoria Hunt - Xuê Noon
- Adriana Aránguiz - Participant
- Jimena Cruz Mamani - Participant
- Rudecindo Christian Espíndola - Participant
- Félix Galleguillos Aymani - Participant
- Edith Parra Espíndola - Participant
- José Sánchez - Participant
- Camilo Sanzana - Participant
- Elizabeth Tejerina - Participant
- Millarca Valenzuela - Participant
Screenplay
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Cosmographies about?
- Maori astrobiologist Xuê Noon (Victoria Hunt) finds solace in Mars in 2051 as a leader from the Aotearoa Space Agency on an international scientific mission, following the discovery of dormant microorganisms by the NASA Mars Sample Return Mission in 2039. Xuê wanders across this sentient planet and reflects on the newly found lifeforms as she grows plants in a glasshouse. Through the spirit of an ancient taniwha, she slipstreams in spacetime to the Atacama Desert in 2023 where she lived as an Indigenous scientist years earlier. In Atacama the film engages with numerous ongoing life-and-death struggles for land and water justice led by Indigenous communities, activists, and scientists in this old, vital yet scarred desert. Through interviews and conversations, the film depicts centuries old and ongoing forms of social injustice and ecological degradation to weave a critical allegory against the renewed commercial impulse of a new space age rampaging in the 2020's.
- Who directed Cosmographies?
- Cosmographies was directed by Juan Francisco Salazar.
- Who stars in Cosmographies?
- Cosmographies stars Victoria Hunt, Adriana Aránguiz, Jimena Cruz Mamani, Rudecindo Christian Espíndola, Félix Galleguillos Aymani, Edith Parra Espíndola.
- How long is Cosmographies?
- Cosmographies has a runtime of 1h 34m (94 minutes).
- What genre is Cosmographies?
- Cosmographies is a Science Fiction, Documentary film.
- Where was Cosmographies produced?
- Cosmographies was produced in Australia, Chile, New Zealand.