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UNA APROXIMACION AL PENSAMIENTO ANDINO ANCESTRAL
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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FRONTERA! Revolt and Rebellion on the Rio Grande
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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
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LAS HUACAS DE MOCHE
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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
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JOGOS MUNDIAIS DOS POVOS INDÍGENAS (Indigenous Peoples' Olympics)
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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
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KAUYUMARI: EL VENADO DE AZUL (The Blue Deer)
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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
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EL MAGUEY, EL CONEJO Y LA LUNA (Metl, Tochtli, Metztli)
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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
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MÉXICO: OMBLIGO DE LA LUNA
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This is an excellent introduction to the fascinating world of ancient Mexica astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy.
youtube.com/watch?v=_BtanIHi6Hs
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SELKNAM
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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
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TEJIDO ANDINO (Andean Weaving)
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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
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VICENTA
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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).
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