Public pedagogies and non-representational framing in mobility rights struggles: the case of La Barraca Transfronteriza

Abstract

The present paper aims to explore the pedagogical dimensions of militant filmmaking practices in the struggles for freedom of movement, taking as study case la Barraca Transfronteriza, a communication and independent cinema initiative emerging from the No Borders network in the northern border regions of Morocco in 2017. The article explores the situated strategies that cinematic practices have historically provided within the Third World political project to the struggles against imperialism and cultural colonialism, as well as the possibilities and limitations of cinema as an apparatus of public pedagogy and its ethical and political implications. Through a perspective of the autonomy of migrations and an ontology of new materialisms, this inquiry presents a series of reflections that contribute to the discussion on the possibilities and limitations of the connections between cinematic practices and politics inscribed in contemporary migratory movements.