Jorge Sanjinés

Based on an unpublished novel by Jorge Sanjinés

Based on an unpublished novel by Jorge Sanjinés

Through the reconstruction of crucial historical moments in the long struggle of the Bolivian Indians in search of the recovery of lost sovereignty, due to the Spanish colonization and the oppression of their descendants the republican Creoles, is rescued from official oblivion several indigenous heroes who shone with their own light in that extraordinary feat that culminates with the rise of an Indian to the Presidency of Bolivia.

Bolivian drama that serves as a plea for tolerance of cultural diversity in that country.

Bolivian drama that serves as a plea for tolerance of cultural diversity in that country.

In this Bolivian story, a man remembers his life while on a journey which will help him expiate his sins and which will result in his death. The focus on the story is on a man who has betrayed everyone he knows. He is planning to perform an ancient ritual dance which will end with his life being taken. He journeys from where he was living back to the village where most of the people he wronged still live. As he journeys, carrying his distinctive dance costume, his story is told in flashbacks. Once he gets there, he gets involved in the affairs of the villagers once more.

In this Bolivian story, a man remembers his life while on a journey which will help him expiate his sins and which will result in his death. The focus on the story is on a man who has betrayed everyone he knows. He is planning to perform an ancient ritual dance which will end with his life being taken. He journeys from where he was living back to the village where most of the people he wronged still live. As he journeys, carrying his distinctive dance costume, his story is told in flashbacks. Once he gets there, he gets involved in the affairs of the villagers once more.

In this Bolivian story, a man remembers his life while on a journey which will help him expiate his sins and which will result in his death. The focus on the story is on a man who has betrayed everyone he knows. He is planning to perform an ancient ritual dance which will end with his life being taken. He journeys from where he was living back to the village where most of the people he wronged still live. As he journeys, carrying his distinctive dance costume, his story is told in flashbacks. Once he gets there, he gets involved in the affairs of the villagers once more.

carefully reconstructs the events in Bolivia between 1979 and 1982. Dark years. Speaking of Alberto Natush's coup d'etat, the massacre of Todos Santos, the murders of Luis Espinal and Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz, the worker, peasant and student mobilizations, García Meza Tejada's coup d'etat and the return to the democratic process.

carefully reconstructs the events in Bolivia between 1979 and 1982. Dark years. Speaking of Alberto Natush's coup d'etat, the massacre of Todos Santos, the murders of Luis Espinal and Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz, the worker, peasant and student mobilizations, García Meza Tejada's coup d'etat and the return to the democratic process.

carefully reconstructs the events in Bolivia between 1979 and 1982. Dark years. Speaking of Alberto Natush's coup d'etat, the massacre of Todos Santos, the murders of Luis Espinal and Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz, the worker, peasant and student mobilizations, García Meza Tejada's coup d'etat and the return to the democratic process.

carefully reconstructs the events in Bolivia between 1979 and 1982. Dark years. Speaking of Alberto Natush's coup d'etat, the massacre of Todos Santos, the murders of Luis Espinal and Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz, the worker, peasant and student mobilizations, García Meza Tejada's coup d'etat and the return to the democratic process.

A rural community in the Ecuadorian Andes suddenly faces a land dispute with the legal representatives of a large company. The discovery of very rich ore deposits in the territory is the reason of the offensive greedy on those places, where the community lived since immemorial times.

A rural community in the Ecuadorian Andes suddenly faces a land dispute with the legal representatives of a large company. The discovery of very rich ore deposits in the territory is the reason of the offensive greedy on those places, where the community lived since immemorial times.

A guerrilla group arrives in an indigenous community of the Peruvian sierra with the intention of recruiting volunteers.

A guerrilla group arrives in an indigenous community of the Peruvian sierra with the intention of recruiting volunteers.

1967년 볼리비아 시글로 제20광산에서 파업 중이던 주석 광부와 가족들을 공권력이 학살한 사건을 재연한 다큐멘터리. 학살의 원인과 책임을 알아야겠다는 민중의 요구를 가시화하는 것이 영화의 숙제임을 믿었던 이 작품의 연출 방식은, 서울영화집단의 "수리세"(1984) 등 한국 영화운동에도 큰 영향을 미쳤다.

A community reacts against a group of foreigners who under the guise of development assistance are forcibly sterilizing the peasant women.

A community reacts against a group of foreigners who under the guise of development assistance are forcibly sterilizing the peasant women.

A community reacts against a group of foreigners who under the guise of development assistance are forcibly sterilizing the peasant women.

While her husband is on his way to the market, a peasant woman is raped and murdered. Her widower carefully plans his revenge.

While her husband is on his way to the market, a peasant woman is raped and murdered. Her widower carefully plans his revenge.

While her husband is on his way to the market, a peasant woman is raped and murdered. Her widower carefully plans his revenge.

A film without a single word except for a scream of "Aysa".The story of the harsh and inexorable life of tin miners.

Documentary that offers a great overview of the history of Bolivia, their misery, the popular indomitable spirit and repressions that occur without pause.