Lima, Peru
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Daniel Martínez is a natural born seeker. As a witness and storyteller of remote stories that are far from our sight, between journalism and documentary, Daniel has managed to spread his footage all over the world, through film festivals and international media such as HBO or the Associated Press. He proposes to invest in new creative methodologies, providing spaces for audiovisual creation based on the ordinary aspects of life and the urgent need for recording and broadcasting first-person testimonies of cultural heritage and native people's struggles. He was born in Spain by chance and has been living in Peru for a long time. Having always one foot in the jungle and the other one in the streets of anywhere, he has worked for important entities such as Amnesty International, Red Cross, UNICEF or the IOM "Artivist", in a never-ending battle against his identity and his social commitment that pushes him to take part of social movements and feel part of them. The need to grow creatively brought him to the cinema, from empirical experiences and visceral emotions, a field in which he tries to boost small changes to build a better (a more human) world, a world of greater justice and solidarity. ............................................................................................. Daniel Martínez es un buscador empedernido. Testigo y relator de historias lejanas que escapan a la vista, entre el periodismo y el documental, ha conseguido que sus imágenes recorran el mundo a través de festivales de cine y medios internacionales como HBO o Associated Press. Propone innovar en metodologías creativas facilitando espacios de creación audiovisual desde lo común, y la urgencia por registrar y difundir las narrativas en primera persona del patrimonio cultural y las luchas de diferentes pueblos originarios. Nacido en España por azar, residente en Perú desde hace mucho tiempo, con un pie en la selva y otro en las calles de medio mundo, donde trabaja para entidades como Amnistía Internacional, Cruz Roja, UNICEF o la OIM Artivista en una batalla continua con su identidad y el compromiso social que lo impulsa colaborar con movimientos sociales, sintiéndose parte de ellos. Llegó al cine por necesidad, desde lo empírico y visceral, tratando de impulsar pequeñas transformaciones para construir un mundo más justo.
Produced for Amnesty International
In the Peruvian jungle, many indigenous communities are being affected by oil spills that contaminate their waters and food. Although the responsibility lies with the State, it ignores the basic demands for water and health.
Prices of oxygen skyrocketed in places like Peru, Brazil, Mexico, and India because they lack infrastructure and rely on expensive oxygen cylinders.
Produced for Associated Press
(16 May 2019) Illegal gold mining has decimated the Amazon leaving behind dead trees and toxic pools. Peru's government has tried unsuccessfully to chase away the illegal miners from the rainforest. Now the country's security forces are changing tactics. Authorities have launched "Operation Mercury," destroying equipment they find and setting up long-term military bases.
Produced for Amnesty International
Ciudadanos de Perú exigen al Estado reparación y atención integral para las poblaciones afectadas por la minería.
Colonia Requena, in the northern area of Alicante, is one of the poorest neighborhoods in the city, where people live mostly from what we know as the "underground economy". Migrants (legal and illegal) from more than 25 countries, the gypsy population, humble families who dedicate themselves to work as street vendors or at street markets, in the construction field, as housekeepers or in many other trades that were suspended during the State of Alarm. The health crisis led to an unprecedented social crisis. The ineffectiveness and bureaucracy of public institutions overwhelmed by the situation entailed the promised aid that never came. Now, many weeks later, the neighborhood association, together with the parish and the hoteliers association in Alicante, have started to tackle hunger by distributing basic foods, hygiene items and daily menus cooked by the most prestigious chefs in the city. A chain of actions based on donations and a small number of volunteers who do not understand about race or religion and who is saving this little Babel from starvation.
Produced for Associated Press
"What Can Be Saved?" is a weekly environmental series about the ordinary people and scientists who against enormous odds are restoring ecosystems and species in a world damaged by climate change
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