Synopsis

Through the gaze of five Quechua elders, the persistence of racism, colonial legacy, state repression, and extractivism over their territories in Peru is exposed. Their lives bear witness to a fading era of resistance, while their stories weave the wounds of the past into the ongoing struggles of new generations.

• Alex

  Cruz

  Director

  Alex Cruz has worked on various audiovisual projects committed to defending the rights of Andean and Amazonian peoples, and has collaborated as a filmmaker and facilitator in organizations that make visible and denounce the impacts and abuses of extractive activities in Peru.

• Diego

  Sarmiento Pagán

  Producer

  Diego Sarmiento has produced The Condor Daughter (TIFF 2025), Through Rocks and Clouds (Berlinale 2024); Green River. The Time of the Yakurunas (Berlinale 2017, MoMA Doc Fortnight 2018); Mothers of the Land (Berlinale 2019); Veins of the Amazon (DOK Leipzig 2021, Lima Film Festival 2021).