THE PROJECT

SILO is a feature documentary project proposed to investigate the figure of the writer and philosopher from Mendoza (Argentina) Mario Luis Rodriguez Cobos (1938 - 2010), known for the pseudonym Silo.

His life has been marked by the open teaching of humanism and the creation of a social, political and spiritual movement without frontiers that, from the mountain of Mendoza to the rest of the world, has transcended geography and time.

The main reasons that drive us to make this project are:

- Silo is still, until today, an unknown character for the majority of argentines,  he has been the generator of transcendent facts as the World March for Peace and Non-violence (2009-2010).

- He knew how to combine thought and action.

- His first public appearances, in the late 60s and the early 70s, were marked by persecutions, imprisonments and successive defamatory media campaigns (accusing him of being the leader of a sect).

- His message and work have transcended frontiers, reaching great repercussion in Europe, Russia and India.

- To date, there are many siloist parks of study and reflection, scattered around the world.

Leaving aside the mystic and legendary aura that involves his figure, we propose a full approach to Silo, discovering the human being, the philosopher, the spiritual guide, the revolutionary.

We are aware, besides, that the ideas and proposals of Silo (political, social and spiritual) have a significant validity in these times, marked by the lack of references, a global system that falters and the need to open ourselves to a new human awareness.

To sum up, this feature project addresses people that have never heard about Silo, to give information and to open the debate about his life and work.

Leandro Bartoletti - Scriptwriter and Director