REIGN OF THE DOG
EUTERPE • 15m
REIGN OF THE DOG: A RE-VISIONIST HISTORY animates allegorical and documentary images, maps and text to explore and deconstruct the history of the conquest of the Americas. The canine spin of the film derives from the Spanish fighting dogs introduced and first used against native resistance by Columbus in 1494.
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