Lucrecia Martel’s First Feature Documentary ‘Our Land’ Sets May 1 U.S. Opening at Film Forum

Overview

• Strand Releasing will open the film in New York on May 1, followed by a limited U.S. rollout.
• The newly released U.S. trailer previews Martel’s nonfiction turn after Venice, TIFF, and NYFF screenings in 2025.
• Our Land examines the 2009 shooting of Indigenous activist Javier Chocobar and traces the case alongside Latin America’s history of land dispossession.
• The documentary blends intimate cell-phone footage with courtroom testimony to connect personal loss to institutional power.
• The U.S. engagement is paired with a new 4K restoration of The Headless Woman overseen by Martel and cinematographer Bárbara Álvarez.