Rodrigo Vazquez, 2008, 2010, Documentary, Bolivia, UK, 44min, Spanish/English with English subtitles
Since the beginning of the Iraq War the Llallagua mine has seen a boom of mineral demand from the US arms manufactures. As a result, many poor peasants without any experience such as Alex Choque and Jorge Campos (aged 9 and 13 respectively) have started working in the mines. Their parents are ill or dead after contracting what the people of Llallagua call the “mine disease”, the same disease that they are prone to everyday. Alex and Jorge have dreams of a better life. They want to study, but they can’t, their families depend on them to survive.
A charming coming-of-age story in the Quechua language.
Toshifumi Matsushita, 2008, 2009, Feature, Bolivia, Japan, 104min, Quechua with English subtitles
When the caravan arrives at the town of Macha where the Tinku festival is taking place, Kunturi’s life is changed forever. There he finds Ulala, the most beautiful girl he can imagine. Kunturi and Ulala feel the stirrings of first love as they share the same dream: to run together across the immense white sea of Salar de Uyuni until they reach the end of the horizon.
Diego Antonio Mondaca Gutiérrez, 2008, 2010, Documentary, Bolivia, Cuba, 26min, Spanish with English subtitles
An exploration of the role of the coca leaf in Bolivian cultures.
Eduardo López Zavala, 2008, 2009, Documentary, Bolivia, Venezuela, 85min, Spanish / Quechua / Guaraní with English subtitles