Movies: Peru

A trip through the diversity of black and native Peruvian music. Character-driven film, one where the characters are integral to the nation itself. This movie delves into music and musicians, yet it's not strictly a musical; rather, it's a tapestry o...

Herlinda Augustin is a Shipibo healer who lives with her family in Peruvian Amazonia. Will she and other healers be able to maintain their ancient tradition despite Western encroachment?...

Women have always sought ways to terminate unwanted pregnancies, despite powerful patriarchal structures and systems working against them. This film provides a historical overview of how church, state and the medical establishment have determined pol...

When she was 17 years old, Natalia married Don Matias following her parents desires. But it wasn't until Father Santiago arrived to this little town that Natalia felt in love for the very first time....

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Young Carmen arrives in Lima, dreaming of falling in love and finding happiness. She goes to live with her cousins and aunt, in the elegant Miraflores district. Soon she falls in love with Oscar, but he must leave her to go to the war. After a long t...

Kukuli, a young llama herder, leaves her grandparents in the countryside of Cusco to attend the Feast of Mamacha Carmen in the town of Paucartambo....

Three people fly from Chile and Spain to Iquitos, Peru to experience the magic of the sacred plant ayahuasca....

STATE OF FEAR takes place in Peru, yet serves as a cautionary tale for a world engaged in a "global war on terror." It dramatizes the human and societal costs a democracy faces when it embarks on a "war" against terror, a "war" potentially without en...

It tells the story of Jorge who dreams of going to live in the United States. He loves the American way of life and above all, the gringas, but at the North American embassy they deny him a visa. That afternoon she meets Ganzo López, who has just bee...

A documentary short about a town floating on a river in Iquitos, Peru....

A timid and sensitive man quits his 9-5 job to pursue his dream of becoming a watercolor painter. However, his neighbors and love will not agree with his new endeavor....

Four Westerners with various ailments travel to Peruvian Amazonia to drink ayahuasca, a traditional medicine renowned for its healing powers....

A documentary which shows the struggle of many women surrounding the Miss Universe 1982 pageant hosted by Peru. The government invested a large sum of money in this event, during a time the country suffered an acute political, economic and social cri...

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Alejandrina show us her connection with fire, plants and animals. Meanwhile, she tell us the changes that massacres, terrorism and drug trafficking have provoked in her culture. Are the lumbermen or the miners going to end her cultural history?...

Rosita Hernandez, a nine-year-old Indio girl, tells about the everyday life of her family living in the the desert plain between the Andes and the Pacific Ocean, about 300 km south of Lima. Specific social and economic problems as well as ways of cop...

The Valdez family gathers for the traditional festivities of “Tayta Shanti”. Angela arrives from the capital with her daughter Angie, who denies her provincial roots. In the midst of the uproar over the party, Angie and her cousin Marcelo will have t...

Shipibo healer Ricardo Amaringo describes how he prepares, teaches, and shares the plant medicine ayahuasca. Olivia and Julian Arévalo sing examples of icaros (healing songs) in the Shipibo language....

Don Melcho peddles his political influence in his town and take advantage of his impoverished neighbors. An ambiguous character who may or may not expand his power....