La Ruta Farallones / Luisa Covaria & Ezra Axelrod

Luisa Covaria
San Francisco, California, United States/Bogotá, Colombia
 
Ezra Axelrod
Cali, Colombia
 
La Ruta Farallones, 2025
Film, 2:54 minutes

In Cali, Colombia, when Adriana’s beloved Chocho River is threatened by mining runoff, she joins her local Minga to fight for the survival of one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth. The film follows Adriana as she helps build a grassroots movement rooted in care, resistance, and collective action.

Luisa Covaria is an artist, designer, and climate activist whose multidisciplinary practice spans performance, installation, video, and social practice. Drawing from her identity as a half-Indigenous Colombian and a mother, she creates immersive spaces and rituals that center healing and reconnection with the natural world. She is the CEO of Rooted and Rising, a platform producing documentaries at the intersection of mental health and climate regeneration, and was recognized by Human Atlas in 2023 as one of Silicon Valley’s most creative individuals.
 
Ezra Axelrod is a filmmaker, composer, and cultural strategist based in Cali, Colombia. He is Creative Director of ThisTopia, a narrative studio focused on the intersectionality of drug policy reform and environmental justice. His work covers cultural production, community organizing, harm reduction, and environmental regeneration. His debut feature documentary, Torah Tropical, premiered at the SF Jewish Film Festival, screened at over 25 international festivals, and won the Audience Award at the Cali International Film Festival. As a composer, he was nominated for Colombia’s Premio Macondo, for Best Original Score for Pepe Cáceres.