Mariluz Guerra

Primordial Kankurwa (2024)
Film (short) by Body Stories Project Inc Co-director, Co-producer Indigenous guardians of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta must defend their land and cosmovision from extractivism, preserving a way of life where traditional ceremonial houses symbolize the unbroken cycles linking humanity with the universe. Primordial Kankurwa is a documentary blending public footage from NASA with recordings from our sacred lands in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. This film is a call to action for a deeper understanding and harmony between indigenous knowledge and contemporary institutions. By embracing our philosophy of cyclical renewal, we can work together to protect our shared home—Mother Earth.

Body Stories: Menstrual Cycle (2023)
Film (short) by Body Stories Project Inc Actress, Director This 1-minute short film was developed during the Hack Mafiz contest of ‪the Malaga Film Festival‬. The self portrait challenge. Here I am narrating about all the changes that I go through my menstrual cycle: from the slow menstruation, the sharp and fast pre-ovulatory stage, the sensuality of the ovulatory, to the rebellion of the pre-menstrual stage. I feel deeply connected with the waves of my menstrual cycle. Before saying this today I had to go through a process of self awareness, reconnection with my indigenous roots (Kankuama), constant observation and wonder for what is considered the fifth vital sign and one of the most powerful expressions of us human females.

Body Stories: Together (2021 - 2022)
Film (short) by Body Stories Project Inc (Drama, Romance, Musical and Drama) Writer, Director, Producer Sharing one home, we are more connected than we think. 10 persons living in different parts of the globe are struggling with the ups and downs of the external limitations due to the pandemic, their local realities and internal shadows. But in some place within, the light is still living.

Body Stories: Suraj & Julieta (2020 - 2021)
Film (short) by Body Stories Project Inc (Drama, Romance and Drama) Writer, Director, Producer The story of two beings, Suraj and Julieta, who for different issues break up. Suraj is still attached to the relationship. Asking again and again "why?", stretching up the pain. Holding the past. Julieta just want to let go and run away from the tension of not resolved questions. Passing some time both found the need of healing and to know themselves profoundly, that is their path to freedom and healthy love.