Indigenous people

In the remote Darién Gap rainforest, indigenous communities face an existential threat to their way of life and the ecosystem upon which they rely. When a rare Harpy Eagle nest is discovered near their community, the Emberá tribe of Playa Muerto find an unlikely ally. By protecting their lands and the Eagle's habitat, they can benefit from the ecotourism she attracts, and reconnect with their own traditional heritage. This film is an exploration of this renewed relationship between the tribe...

"Sorojchi" is how altitude sickness is known in Bolivia and it is something that is felt in the cities of El Alto and La Paz. It is here where we learn the story of four urban artists who, through their work, share their views on Bolivia and Bolivians, immersed in a big social and political...

A Northwestern Argentinian teacher leads a mobile cinema crew to the most isolated school in the Jujuy high-altitude valleys, undergoing a 20-hour journey on foot in adverse conditions. Their arrival involves us in the high-altitude educational values, portraying the isolation in the Andean worlds and how communities engage with the earth. “The Andean Screen” is a poetic analogy between cinema and travel; a choral history spun by Silvina Velázquez, principal of the school, whose tenacity...

The Ayoreo were (and still are) a group of hunter-gatherers and incipient nomadic farmers whose ancestors have inhabited the Chaco for thousands of years. Threatened by deforestation, since the 1950s and 1960s some families have decided to leave the jungle and settle in sedentary communities. They had forest to hunt and gather comfortably. The last group to leave the Mount, in 2004, was formed by several Ayoreo Totobiegosode families. With other Totobiegosode they founded Chaidí. The filming...