Synopsis

Nora de Izcue, Peru’s first female filmmaker, is searching for the original reels of Runan Caycu (1973), a documentary censored by the dictatorship. The film connected her with Latin American activist filmmakers, with whom she founded EICTV in Cuba. Today, her search takes on new urgency amid renewed threats of censorship in Peruvian cinema.

• Christine Janney

  Mladic Janney

  Director & producer

  Christine directed Runasimiwan Kawsay (Living Quechua), a documentary that premiered at the Margaret Mead Film Festival, screened at over 30 international festivals and events, and won the Festival Director’s Award at ETNOFILM in Slovakia.

• Claudia

  Chávez Lévano

  Director & producer

  Claudia produced Runa Simi, directed by Augusto Zegarra, supported by Peru’s Ministry of Culture, Sundance Documentary Fund, and StoryBoard Collective. Premiering at Tribeca, it won the Albert Maysles Award and Sheffield DocFest’s Youth Jury Award.