A QUIET REVOLUTION examines the role of Liberation Theology in Latin America today by showing the efforts of Christian Base Communities, groups of poor and marginalized people attempting to solve their problems of hunger, disease, unemployment and political oppression through the application of Biblical principles.
"Holy Father. We are hungry. We lack work. We are ill."
citizens of Villa el Salvador, Peru.
"We women of Chimborazo started to organize because of the oppressive
treatment of women… We want to be regarded as persons."
Valeria Anahuarqui, community leader, Riobamba, Ecuador.
"God doesn't want injustices… He wants everyone to possess the right to
have enough to eat and drink, the right to work and struggle."
18-year-old Ivete Garcia, Sao Paolo, Brazil.
A QUIET REVOLUTION is their story. This one-hour documentary, produced and directed by Audrey L. Glynn, shows these people struggling to see themselves and to be seen by others as humans.
Their movement is known as Liberation Theology. The cornerstones of the movement are Christian Base Communities, made up of small groups of people who have organized to address critical human concerns: hunger, unemployment, political oppression and land distribution. A QUIET REVOLUTION is a moving visual essay about three of these communities.
Irene Diegues joined a group of women concerned with the growing problem of garbage in San Miguel Paulista. From that small beginning, Irene radically changed her sense of herself, her faith and her church.
Ana Maria Huacho seems to be everywhere as she works a communal farm in Tepeyac, knots with the women's cooperative, organizes cultural and educational meetings or meets with Bishop Proano of Riobama, Ecuador.
Fidel Cuya ponders his work as a factory manager where he must exploit the workers and his meetings with the Base Community where he learns about human dignity. The result -- he quits his job and with help from the parish opens up a cottage sewing industry in his home.
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