This Is (From) America

This Is (From) America is a single channel 6:15 minute long video performance art piece that serves as a reclamation of the stolen identity of foods endemic to the American continent that are now part of new cultural identities in the Old World.

The piece is part of a larger project called Pro Mundi Beneficio, which addresses the impact that colonialism still has on contemporary society by researching Mesoamerican plants and their influence on the creation of new cultural identities in the Old World.

Co-directed by: JC Candanedo, Chloe Rosser and Facundo Bustamante

Created by JC Candanedo

Produced by Chloe Rosser

Camera: Facundo Bustamante

People Like Me

People Like Me is a single channel 5-minute long video performance piece adapted from my own poetry that explores homophobia, conversion therapy and familial relations.

The piece is part of a larger project called A Queer Mind is a Resilient Space, in which I revisit episodes of my life growing up queer in Panama as a way of releasing pent-up emotions that have been repressed for 30 years by my brain’s coping mechanism.

Created and Directed by JC Candanedo

Assistant Producer Steve Di Costa

Voice Recording: Trevor Joseph - Kindred Media Logistics