También nosotras

The Indigenous Reservation of Colimba, located in the municipality of Guachucal, within the ancestral territory of the Pasto people, has long been a place of cultural resistance, territorial defence, and the preservation of Indigenous knowledge and practices. Like many other territories in the department of Nariño, however, it has been deeply affected by the armed conflict, processes of cultural colonization, and social transformations that have profoundly impacted collective memory, the intergenerational transmission of knowledge, and the community's social fabric.

It is in this context that INUNKU emerged: an Indigenous audiovisual collective made up of women and men between the ages of 13 and 75, and led primarily by women. Through training and audiovisual production, the collective promotes the defence of women's rights, the protection of sacred sites, critical reflection on machismo and patriarchy within their communities, and an examination of the lasting effects of colonialism and the influence of the Catholic Church on the cultural practices of the Pasto people.

También nosotras emerged from a collaboration with the organization Historias en Kilómetros (HEK), which supported the creation of a short documentary film on a topic chosen by the participants. The INUNKU Audiovisual Collective decided to focus on a reality that is often taken for granted: the invisibility of Indigenous and rural women's domestic labour and the lack of recognition it receives from the men in their community.

Through a series of collective conversations, the participants identified their daily work—cooking, caring for their families, milking cows, feeding animals, planting, and harvesting—as the core of the film. Faced with the challenge of representing this issue within a documentary, they built the narrative around these everyday tasks, complemented by a voice-over that echoes the kinds of dismissive remarks often directed at women's work.

The group also considered highlighting women's leadership roles within the community, but ultimately chose to emphasize that domestic and care work is, in itself, essential and worthy of recognition. This decision shaped the perspective of what became the INUNKU Audiovisual Collective's first documentary short.