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Tag Archives: Bolivia
Who Killed the White Llama? AKA ¿Quién mató a la llamita blanca? (2006) Rodrigo Bellott, Erika Andia, Miguel Valverde, Cacho Mendieta
Jacinto and Domitila are two indigenous Bolivians, happily married… and the most notorious criminals in the country. Read More »
The Gift of Pachamama AKA El regalo de la Pachamama (2008) Toshifumi Matsushita, Christian Huaygua, Luis Mamani, Faniy Mosques
Kunturi is a 13-year old boy living a traditional life with his family near Uyuni, a salt lake. Read More »
The Courage of the People AKA El coraje del pueblo (1971) Jorge Sanjinés, Domitila de Chungara, Eusebio Gironda, Federico Vallejo
A documentary reenactment of the government-ordered massacre of striking tin miners Read More »
Averno (2018) Marcos Loayza, Paolo Vargas, Luigi Antezana, Alejandro Marañon
Young bootblack Tupah embarks on a frantic quest to find his uncle lost in the Averno Read More »
Chuquiago (1977) Antonio Eguino, Néstor Yujiri, Edmundo Villarroel, David Sàntalla
Racial, social and cultural aspects of La Paz (called Chuquiago by the Aymaras) seen through four stories. Read More »
Blood of the Condor AKA Yawar Mallku (1969) Jorge Sanjinés, Marcelino Yanahuaya, Benedicta Mendoza, Vicente Verneros Salinas
The reaction of an indigenous community against a group of foreigners who under the guise Read More »
Sealed Cargo (2015) Julia Vargas Weise, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Luis Bredow, Fernando Arze
A crew of hapless police and a stowaway make their way across Bolivia in an aged train Read More »
Yvy Maraey (2013) Juan Carlos Valdivia, Elio Ortíz, Felipe Román, Drama, Documentary
A filmmaker tracing the steps of Swedish explorer Erland Nordeskiold travels with a Guarani Indian from the highlands of La Paz to the swamps in the forests of South Eastern Bolivia, a place where uncontacted indigenous still exist. Read More »
Ukamau / And So It Is (1966) Jorge Sanjinés, Elsa Antequera, Néstor Cárdenas, Benedicta Huanca, Drama
While her husband is on his way to the market, a peasant woman is raped and murdered. Her widower carefully plans his revenge. Read More »
Los Andes no creen en Dios (2007) Antonio Eguino, Diego Bertie, Carla Ortiz, Milton Cortés, Drama, Adventure
End of the 20’s. Alfonso a young writer brought up in France, arrives to an adventurous mining town (Uyuni) in the midst of the Bolivian high plateau. Read More »