Crab Trap

"Oscar Ruiz Navia's debut feature captures a part of Colombia rarely seen on film, the black communities of its Pacific coast. Cerebro (or “Brain,” played by Arnobio Salazar Rivas), the leader of the Afro-Colombian community that inhabits the isolated village of La Barra on Colombia's Pacific coast, is trying to adjust to the advent of modernity represented by El Paisa (the White Man), a landowner who wants to build a beach resort. The loud reggaeton that emanates non-stop from El Paisa's speakers plagues the tranquillity of local residents. He also seeks to erect fences on the beach in a community that has long been open and free of barriers. The villagers never bothered or knew it was necessary to have documents attesting to ownership of