Jorge Prelorán

Jorge Prelorán was one of the most prolific documentary filmmakers from Argentina. This documentary presents an interview which focuses on his creative work, and on how his ideas about documentaries are key in the uniqueness of his topics and characters.

Made over a span of eight years, this documentary is structured as a conversation between anthropologist Mabel Prelorán and Zulay Saravino, who has left her Ecuadorian mountain village to explore opportunities in Los Angeles. Working the land and making textiles to sell, Zulay’s industrious family sent all of their daughters to school — at the time an unusual move in Quinchuqui — and raised an intelligent, independent daughter whose literacy, business sense and introduction to the Preloráns led her to try her luck in the States. Devoted to her village, she relates a mesmerizing account of Otavaleñan traditions and reflects on her experiences in the US.

Made over a span of eight years, this documentary is structured as a conversation between anthropologist Mabel Prelorán and Zulay Saravino, who has left her Ecuadorian mountain village to explore opportunities in Los Angeles. Working the land and making textiles to sell, Zulay’s industrious family sent all of their daughters to school — at the time an unusual move in Quinchuqui — and raised an intelligent, independent daughter whose literacy, business sense and introduction to the Preloráns led her to try her luck in the States. Devoted to her village, she relates a mesmerizing account of Otavaleñan traditions and reflects on her experiences in the US.

Made over a span of eight years, this documentary is structured as a conversation between anthropologist Mabel Prelorán and Zulay Saravino, who has left her Ecuadorian mountain village to explore opportunities in Los Angeles. Working the land and making textiles to sell, Zulay’s industrious family sent all of their daughters to school — at the time an unusual move in Quinchuqui — and raised an intelligent, independent daughter whose literacy, business sense and introduction to the Preloráns led her to try her luck in the States. Devoted to her village, she relates a mesmerizing account of Otavaleñan traditions and reflects on her experiences in the US.

Two women are torn between the past, with its traditions and apparent security, and the future full of uncertainty.

Don Emilio is a humble, 63-year-old man who lives in the Amazon rainforest, seven miles from the city of Iquitos, Peru. For all of his adult life he has worked as a curandero and vegetalista, a traditional healer. He estimates that in his career he has treated more than 2,500 clients. Through the camera lens of anthropologist Luis Eduardo Luna, Don Emilio tells us about his practice, his beliefs, his community, and his life. He shows us how he prepares ayahuasca and other herbal medicines. Finally, we see Don Emilio treat a man who has come to him for help, and hear from a poor woman who has brought her infant son for medical care.

Portrait of Luther Metke, a Spanish American War veteran, poet, philosopher, and log-cabin maker, aged 94 at the time of filming. In voice over narration drawn from interviews, Metke recites his own poetry and talks about his life and his philosophy. Includes footage of Metke building a six-sided cabin, being interviewed by a local TV news station, and visiting with his family. Oscar nominated documentary short in 1980.

Portrait of Luther Metke, a Spanish American War veteran, poet, philosopher, and log-cabin maker, aged 94 at the time of filming. In voice over narration drawn from interviews, Metke recites his own poetry and talks about his life and his philosophy. Includes footage of Metke building a six-sided cabin, being interviewed by a local TV news station, and visiting with his family. Oscar nominated documentary short in 1980.

Portrait of Luther Metke, a Spanish American War veteran, poet, philosopher, and log-cabin maker, aged 94 at the time of filming. In voice over narration drawn from interviews, Metke recites his own poetry and talks about his life and his philosophy. Includes footage of Metke building a six-sided cabin, being interviewed by a local TV news station, and visiting with his family. Oscar nominated documentary short in 1980.

Ethnographic film documents a family of woodcutters living in isolation in the mountains of Calden, at the geographic center of Argentina. Through his narration, Sixto Ramon Zerda explains his wish for his children to be educated and to avoid the punishing work and exploitation he has suffered. Introduction narrated by Henry Fonda.

Documenta la vida de la última generación de los Selk'nam, conocidos como Onas, su modo de vida, economía, ritos, cantos, tradiciones y su lenta extinción tras la colonización europea. En 1985 recibió el Gran Premio en el Primer Festival Nacional de Cine Antropológico y Social.

Documenta la vida de la última generación de los Selk'nam, conocidos como Onas, su modo de vida, economía, ritos, cantos, tradiciones y su lenta extinción tras la colonización europea. En 1985 recibió el Gran Premio en el Primer Festival Nacional de Cine Antropológico y Social.

Documenta la vida de la última generación de los Selk'nam, conocidos como Onas, su modo de vida, economía, ritos, cantos, tradiciones y su lenta extinción tras la colonización europea. En 1985 recibió el Gran Premio en el Primer Festival Nacional de Cine Antropológico y Social.

A short film, based on a novel by Gayl Jones. The film treats a black woman, Eva, who kills her lover. She refuses to speak to a white psychiatrist who questions her about her motives, so he leaves her with a tape recorder to confide in. In flashbacks, we see the abuse Eva suffered at the hands of a husband and two lovers.

Cochengo y su familia son campesinos del oeste de La Pampa (provincia de Argentina) y combinan el trabajo rural con los placeres de la música. Los mayores hablan de la importancia y el valor de las tradiciones. Los jóvenes presentan estrategias con las que esperan poder adaptarse a una vida marcada inevitablemente por la transculturación.

Ethnographic film by Jorge Preloran presents a portrait of a well-preserved colonial church in the small town of Yavi, Jujuy Province, Argentina. A voice over narration by Zenaida Wayar, the church's caretaker for over forty years, provides the history of the church and the region.

En libre improvisación, una niña de cinco años juega, se divierte, se enoja y termina en un frenesí de movimiento. Cuando cambia su carácter, cambia la forma, el ritmo y el tono.

La película es sobre la vida y las actividades de Hermógenes Cayo, un artesano de la Puna jujeña que se desempeñó toda su vida como santero y telero donde pintaba retratos con temperas o tallaba imágenes religiosas en madera, así como el medio en el que vivía. Cayo falleció un año antes del estreno del filme en 1968 y en marzo de 2006 sus obras (70 piezas) luego de ser restauradas por la Fundación Antorchas fueron exhibidas en museos.

La película es sobre la vida y las actividades de Hermógenes Cayo, un artesano de la Puna jujeña que se desempeñó toda su vida como santero y telero donde pintaba retratos con temperas o tallaba imágenes religiosas en madera, así como el medio en el que vivía. Cayo falleció un año antes del estreno del filme en 1968 y en marzo de 2006 sus obras (70 piezas) luego de ser restauradas por la Fundación Antorchas fueron exhibidas en museos.

Through soft landscape images of Tilcara, accompanied only by music, Medardo Pantoja, known as "the painter of the Quebrada de Humahuaca", in Jujuy, allows us to access the mysteries of that region.

Documental de Jorge Prelorán sobre la cultura de los Mapuches, en la comunidad de Ruca Choroy, provincia de Neuquén.

Documental de Jorge Prelorán sobre la cultura de los Mapuches, en la comunidad de Ruca Choroy, provincia de Neuquén.

Documental de Jorge Prelorán sobre la cultura de los Mapuches, en la comunidad de Ruca Choroy, provincia de Neuquén.

La Fiesta de la Virgen del Rosario en Iruya, provincia de Salta, es una de las tantas fiestas que se celebran en el Noroeste de Argentina donde se representa la fusión de elementos de las culturas ancestrales de la zona, junto con elementos provenientes de la influencia hispánica. (FILMAFFINITY)

Edited documentary film by Jorge Preloran presents a portrait of the children of a small rural school in Chucalezna, in Humahuaca Canyon, Jujuy Province, Argentina. In addition to working in the fields and attending their classes, the children paint. Their colorful depictions of the life and landscape of Chucalezna, painted on donated paper tacked to the exterior walls of the school, have garnered international recognition. Filmed in October 1966. Produced at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán with assistance from the Fondo Nacional de las Artes.

Version re-edited from film of same title released in 1967 and shot in 1966. Easter weekend market in Yavi, a small town in Jujuy Province, Argentina, along the border with Bolivia.

Cuenta la historia de los habitantes de Quilino, pequeña localidad de Córdoba (Argentina) quienes solían vivir de las artesanías manufacturadas. La gente de Quilino dependía de dos ramales de ferrocarril –uno local, de mañana, y el que iba a Bolivia por la tarde– hasta que el ramal vespertino es cancelado.

Cuenta la historia de los habitantes de Quilino, pequeña localidad de Córdoba (Argentina) quienes solían vivir de las artesanías manufacturadas. La gente de Quilino dependía de dos ramales de ferrocarril –uno local, de mañana, y el que iba a Bolivia por la tarde– hasta que el ramal vespertino es cancelado.

This three-part documentary on Indian peasant life in the Catamarca region of Argentina is an emotionally moving examination of the generational cycle of poverty in underdeveloped countries.

Pequeño pueblo de la provincia de Tucumán, Simoca es el centro de una nutrida población de pequeños productores de caña de azúcar. La feria de los sábados concentra la mayor cantidad de sulkies del país.

Para celebrar a la Pachamana, diosa incaica de la tierra, y a Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, el 15 de agosto de todos los años se celebran la Fiesta de Casabindo.

Documentado en agosto. A través de la familia de Salomón Escobar, de Macio, en la provincia de Tucumán llegamos a conocer las primitivas formas de hacer miel de caña, con trapiches de madera traídos por los jesuitas en épocas de la colonia.

Utilizando el ballet como medio de expresión, sin palabras, trata acerca de la vida de un negro en un mundo de prejuicios y racismo. Filmada en Heidelberg, Alemania.

Película con amigos del barrio en una historia de venganza, tiroteos, persecuciones y un toque de comedia.

Sobre la vida de Alfonso Daniel Manuel Rodríguez, Castelao (Rianjo, 30 de enero de 1886–Buenos Aires, 7 de enero de 1950), un político, escritor, pintor, médico y dibujante español, así como uno de los padres del nacionalismo gallego.

Sobre la vida de Alfonso Daniel Manuel Rodríguez, Castelao (Rianjo, 30 de enero de 1886–Buenos Aires, 7 de enero de 1950), un político, escritor, pintor, médico y dibujante español, así como uno de los padres del nacionalismo gallego.

Sobre la vida de Alfonso Daniel Manuel Rodríguez, Castelao (Rianjo, 30 de enero de 1886–Buenos Aires, 7 de enero de 1950), un político, escritor, pintor, médico y dibujante español, así como uno de los padres del nacionalismo gallego.