After watching The Pearl Button by Patricio Guzman, I was definitely shifted into a life changing perspective. Guzman’s film consisted of both documentary style and storytelling format as he would tell the tale of the indigenous Chileans and their relationship with water as it was taken away by the settlers of England. This story moved me as it shifted my whole perspective on the world and religion as a whole as Guzman was able to direct a heartbreaking tale on the Alacalufe and Yaghan tribe’s demise due to colonialism. Watching and hearing tales of Jemmy Button, the preservation of language and the stories of hunting the indigenous made me feel sick of those who colonized and took over the lives of the Chileans of whom the land belonged to.

Although a grim outlook on the effects of the takeover from Chilean land, you are able to see the unity from the remaining survivors as they conserve the language and traditions from their ancestors. Although again quite sad, this made me feel hope as the recognition of the minority would allow for others to understand the severity of the situation in Chile; allowing for regular viewers to understand the importance of the Chilean country.