Despertar los restos; ; Jogos mundiais dos povos indígenas;
Mexico: El ombligo de la luna; Los hijos del sol

	UNA APROXIMACION AL PENSAMIENTO ANDINO ANCESTRAL Director: Jorge Oquendo B. Writer: Santiago Ontaneda Luciano Animation: Gustavo Idrovo Music: Luis Oquendo Year/length: 2007, 10 min. Setting: Ecuador Language: Spanish (no subtitles) Culture: Ecuadorian Released on: Youtube	An overview of the culture of pre-Columbian Ecuador, discussing religion, medicine, burial practices, and music. Crude animation with easy-to-understand Spanish. youtube.com/watch?v=-pKGb-ZkQDw Sinopsis en español: La forma de los pueblos precolombinos solo puede ser comprendida en la medida en que seamos capaces de entender el pensamiento que está detrás de sus costumbres, es decir, la concepción filosófica que permitiò organizar su mundo.
	DESPERTAR DE LOS RESTOS Directors: Álvaro Torres, Carolina Cortés Artist: Carolina Cortés Writer: Álvaro Torres 2012. 15 minutes. Setting: Arica, Chile, 3000 BC - 500 AD. Language: Spanish Released on: Vimeo	Documentary showing the mummification practices of the Chinchorro culture of Arica in two different periods of their history. Stop-motion animation with mixed-media backgrounds. Gruesome but good. vimeo.com/50021553 Sinopsis en español: Animación stop motion documental que describe la momificación artificial (momias negras y rojas) de la cultura Chinchorro, sociedad de pescadores y cazadores recolectores prehispánicos que practicaron ritos fúnebres con técnicas sofisticadas en torno a la conservación del cuerpo, teniendo su origen en la costa Camarones, Chile.
	EKEKO Directors: Iván Castro y Franz Figueroa Writer: Iván Castro Artists: Franz Figueroa & others Music: Saul Callejas, Josue Cordova, Fernando Roman 2013. 8 minutes. Setting: Bolivia Language: Spanish (no subtitles) Released on: Vimeo	A history of the Ekeko, from its origins as a fertility god in Tiawanaku to its use as a mock image of the detested ruler Sebastian Segurola, to its ubiquitous appearance as a good luck charm in La Paz and tourist spots across the Andes. vimeo.com/59152383 Sinopsis en español: Documental animado producido por la Cooperativa de Animadores de Bolivia Narra la historia del Ekeko, dios ancestral de la prosperidad y la fecundidad, desde sus origenes en Tiawanaku, la censura de la iglesia colonial, el cerco a la ciudad de La Paz en 1781, la creacion de la fiesta de la Alasita hasta nuestros tiempos.
	FRONTERA! Revolt and Rebellion on the Rio Grande Director/writer: John Jota Leaños Music: Cristóbal Martínez, Greg Landau Year/length: 2014. 19 minutes. Setting: Rio Grande border. 1528-1680. Language: English; some Spanish and Tewa Indian Content: high Released on: Vimeo	A humorous retelling of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 led by Po'Pay as well as a whirlwind review of the long history leading up to it. Drought, hunger, colonial violence and religious persecution brought indigenous societies of New Mexico to the brink of collapse. The Pueblo people orchestrated the unthinkable: a pan-Indian uprising successfully expelling the Spanish occupiers from the entire Rio Grande region. leading to an indigenous cultural and social renaissance. Recommended. Available on Vimeo: vimeo.com/75840615
	LAS HUACAS DE MOCHE Director: Rafael Besaccia Writer: Ulla Holmquist, Rafael Besaccia Animation: Lucis et Sombrae, José Mantilla Music: Edmundo Supa, Rafael Besaccia Length: 13 min. Setting: near Trujillo, Peru Language: none Culture: Moche Released on: Youtube	The Moche culture thrived from about 1 to 700 AD on the northern coast of Peru, where they built two of the greatest pyramidal structures in the Americas, now called the Huaca del Sol and the Huaca de la Luna ("waka" is the Quechua word for a sacred place, though the Moche did not speak Quechua). In the legend, two boys find a two-headed serpent in the desert. They feed it until it grows too big and menaces the people. As the boys flee from the snake, the earth opens up to shelter them. On this location where the earth protected them the Moche built the Huaca de la Luna. This wordless cartoon breezes quickly over the legend in a couple of minutes, then meditates on the magnificent temples themselves, a two terraced adobe structures 130 and 105 feet high, comprised of plazas, courtyards, platforms and ramps, with dazzling friezes and murals in red, ochre, and white. The artists imagine what the temples might have looked like in their apogee, and how they changed over time when some structures were buried with bricks to create platforms for new structures. None of this information is provided, however: it is all presented visually, wordlessly, leaving the viewer to ponder the mystery of this ancient civilization. youtube.com/watch?v=Pj4JgX3aMOI
	JOGOS MUNDIAIS DOS POVOS INDÍGENAS (Indigenous Peoples' Olympics) Year: 2015 Length: 10 parts of 1 1/2 minutes Setting: Amazon rainforest Language: Portuguese Culture: various Released on: Youtube	This is a cute series of ten very short cartoons, less than two minutes each, to promote the 2015 Indigenous Olympics. Kalí, a little boy from the Amazon rainforest, shows us the various games that are played: soccer, swimming, foot race, canoe race, etc. Although the Indigenous Olympics include athletes from all over the world, these cartoons focus on the Americas and particularly Brazil. The subtitles are only in Portuguese. Available on Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UCFLEnrkOIRd07lVRHqkBrdg/videos
	KAUYUMARI: EL VENADO DE AZUL (The Blue Deer) Directors/animators: Arnold Ababie Ana Sofia Lopez Paumier Music: Carlos Cendejas, Yonny Roldan Year/length: 2013, 3 min. Setting: Wirakuta, Mexico Language: Spanish (no subtitles) Culture: Wixárika (Huichol) Released on: Vimeo	Infomercial in defense of Wirakuta, the land sacred to the Huicholes (Wixáritari) in San Luis Potosi, and now threatened by mining--the 500 year-old problem. The Wixáritari make a pilgrimage to Wirakuta each year to collect the sacred peyote cactus. The digital animation is based on their traditional art of colored beads (chaquiras) glued onto wood. vimeo.com/84373930 Sinopsis en español: El venado azul Kauyumari guía a los peregrinos wixaritari hasta Wirikuta, en donde se sacrifica transformándose en peyote, cacto con el que estos indígenas mexicanos se vinculan con sus ancestros, cumpliendo su merced y asumiéndose como guardianes del planeta.
	EL MAGUEY, EL CONEJO Y LA LUNA (Metl, Tochtli, Metztli) Studio: Pixelatl, Animatitlan Director: Luis Felipe Alanis Writer: Animation: Claudia Flores, et al. Music: Ada Carasusan Year/length: 2015. 6 minutes. Setting: Mexico Language: Spanish Culture: Mexica Released on: Vimeo	Paper stop-motion illustrates the rabbit's associations with the moon and with the maguey cactus. Rabbits sometimes burrow beneath the maguey, and an image of a rabbit can be seen in the moon. This cartoon is the first in a series Cuentos Cultos Animales, but no other episodes have appeared since. vimeo.com/118778682
	MÉXICO: OMBLIGO DE LA LUNA Director: Gabriel Retes Writers: Everardo Lara, Ignacio Guzman, Antonio Alvarez Animation: Uriel Perez, Aristeo Pantoja, Estudio Muerte Querida Music: Elvira Ortega Year/length: 2015. 11 minutes. Setting: the navel of the moon Language: Spanish Culture: Mexica (Aztec) Released on: Youtube	This is an excellent introduction to the fascinating world of ancient Mexica astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy. youtube.com/watch?v=_BtanIHi6Hs
	SELKNAM Director: Sebastian Pinto Writers: Sebastian Pinto, Rodrigo Zamora Animation: Sebastian Pinto Music: Jorge Puig Year/length: 2012. 4 minutes. Setting: Tierra del Fuego Language: Spanish Released on: Vimeo	Silouettes and beautiful backgrounds illustrate this brief introduction to the culture of the Selk'nam, or Ona, who lived in Tierra del Fuego for 10,000 years. vimeo.com/50090402 Sinopsis en español: Animación que narra los aspectos más relevantes de la cosmovisión Selk'Nam; un pueblo indígena que habitó en Tierra del Fuego por más diez mil años, y que sin embargo, fueron exterminados en tan solo veinte años por los colonos.
	TEJIDO ANDINO (Andean Weaving) Director/writer: Mariana Tschudi Animation: Mariana Tschudi, Franklin Saccsa Music: Buho Hermitaño Year/length: 2017. 4 minutes. Setting: Andes Language: Spanish Culture: Andean Released on: Vimeo	The documentary shows how Andean weaving reflects their cosmovisión or view of the world, not only through its symbols but through the very act of weaving. This vague but fascinating mini-doc is based on the ideas of Andean scholar Mario Osorio Olazábal. vimeo.com/214892893 Sinopsis en español: Video acerca de los tejidos andinos, creado por Mariana Tschudi, inspirado en las enseñanzas de Mario Osorio Olazábal.
	VICENTA Director, writer, animator: Carla Valencia Illustrator: Carlos Julio Sánchez Music: Alfredo Mora Manzano Year/length: 2014. 5 minutes. Setting: Bolivia; Chile, 1950s-70s Language: Spanish	Valencia migrates from Bolivia to Chile with her grandson after her daughter dies in childbirth, and she struggles to make a new life in Chile. When the boy grows up he supports Salvador Allende. During the military coup of 1973 their house is ransacked and the young man is taken away, and the grandmother learns of his death on the radio. The filmmaker Carla Valencia is the great-granddaughter of Valencia. (1894-1976). Sinopsis en español: “Vicenta” en la historia de una mujer del campo que migra de Bolivia a Chile. Lava ropa para ganarse la vida, Se enfrenta a la pobreza, se convierte en madre soltera, y años después, durante la dictadura militar de Pinochet, pierde a su hijo mayor cuando es detenido como prisionero político.