Pitch The Whickers

Ako

Directed by:

Juan Pablo Monsalvo / Michelle Corona Pierce

Produced by:

Max Lavalle Müggenburg

Production Company

Vista Ciega Cine

Contact:

  • Year

    2028

  • Length

    90 min

  • Country

    Mexico and Brazil / On site

Synopsis

Ako Kamanawa, from the Noke Koi Amazonian tribe, leaves the jungle with the hope of sharing his sacred medicine. But he is instead used to transport Ayahuasca and spends a year imprisoned in Mexico. On conditional freedom, he faces a system that criminalizes his culture and finds a family while searching for his place between two worlds.

  • Juan Pablo

    Monsalvo

    Director

    Juan Pablo Monsalvo is a director, actor, and photographer trained at CasAzul and the Escuela Activa de Fotografía (Active School of Photography). He has worked as an assistant director on «Enrique IV», directed by Octavio Michel Grau. He produced the short film «Orfeo».

  • Michelle

    Corona Pierce

    Director

    Michelle Corona is a writer and photographer with training from the Claustro de Sor Juana and the Escuela Activa de Fotografía (Active School of Photography). Her work has been featured in independent media and various galleries. She directed the short film «¿When did i become the mosquitoes?»

  • Max

    Lavalle Müggenburg

    Producer

    Producer of the documentaries «Un Mundo de Cerros» by G. Barrera and C. Nasisse (to be release on 2026) and «Palomarez» by A. Schmucler. Production manager in «The weavers song» by I. Vásquez (Hot Docs, FICG, FICM). Teaches documentary production in ESCINE.

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