Lenis Alfonso

Birth : , Colombia

History

Lenis Alfonso comes from the northern part of the La Guajíra peninsula. He's a member of the village council and is keen to preserve traditional music as well as the Wayúu traditions of ritual combat and singing.

Movies

La Buena Vida - The Good Life
La Buena Vida - The Good Life
The village of Tamaquito lies deep in the forests of Colombia. Here, nature provides the people with everything they need. But the Wayúu community's way of life is being destroyed by the vast and rapidly growing El Cerrejón coal mine. Determined to save his community from forced resettlement, the leader Jairo Fuentes negotiates with the mine's operators, which soon becomes a fight to survive.