A wildly surreal extravaganza of imagery, inspired by the traditional Ecuadorian celebration of "La Mama Negra"
Miguel Alvear, 2009, 2009, Feature, Ecuador, 95min, Spanish with English subtitles
Three paper recyclers - Blak, his mistress Bambola and their friend I Don Dance - squat in an abandoned terrace in the outskirts of an Andean city. One night, two fantastic beings, Exterminating Angel and Moon Captain, guide the recyclers to The Door of Forgiveness where they pay tribute to an enigmatic female deity - the Virgin Wolf. The recyclers undergo an initiation and a series of mysterious transformations on a journey that takes many unexpected twists and turns.
Simone Francis, 2009, 2010, Documentary, Australia, Ecuador, 45min, Spanish, Shiaiar, English with English subtitles
A profound documentary about the revolutionary generation.
Yanara Guayasamin, 2006, 2009, Documentary, Ecuador, 120min, Spanish with English subtitles
One remote community's radical resistance to a proposed mine. FREE entry, followed by panel discussion.
Danielle Bernstein, Anne Slick, 2008, 2009, Documentary, Ecuador, USA, 77min, Spanish with English subtitles
La Curación is an exploration of the human body as "a porous and permeable subject" through a prism of Ecuadorian narratives, songs, and folk tales.
Yoni Goldstein, 2008, 2009, Documentary, Ecuador, USA, 56min, Spanish / Quechua with English subtitles
