Blood of the Condor

Blood of the Condor 1969

7.10

A community reacts against a group of foreigners who under the guise of development assistance are forcibly sterilizing the peasant women.

1969

Chuquiago

Chuquiago 1977

8.00

Racial, social and cultural aspects of La Paz (called Chuquiago by the Aymaras) seen through four stories.

1977

The Courage of the People

The Courage of the People 1971

7.30

A documentary reenactment of the government-ordered massacre of striking tin miners and their families at the Siglo XX Mines in 1967 in Bolivia.

1971

To Hear the Birds Singing

To Hear the Birds Singing 1995

5.70

Bolivian drama that serves as a plea for tolerance of cultural diversity in that country.

1995

The Secret Nation

The Secret Nation 1989

8.50

In this Bolivian story, a man remembers his life while on a journey which will help him expiate his sins and which will result in his death. The focus on the story is on a man who has betrayed everyone he knows. He is planning to perform an ancient ritual dance which will end with his life being taken. He journeys from where he was living back to the village where most of the people he wronged still live. As he journeys, carrying his distinctive dance costume, his story is told in flashbacks. Once he gets there, he gets involved in the affairs of the villagers once more.

1989

Las banderas del amanecer

Las banderas del amanecer 1982

1

carefully reconstructs the events in Bolivia between 1979 and 1982. Dark years. Speaking of Alberto Natush's coup d'etat, the massacre of Todos Santos, the murders of Luis Espinal and Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz, the worker, peasant and student mobilizations, García Meza Tejada's coup d'etat and the return to the democratic process.

1982

Aysa

Aysa 1965

5.00

A Bolivian miner belonging to the pirquiñeros (independent workers that extracts ore in dangerous places abandoned by mining companies considered depleted) struggles to get some mineral by drilling the rock only with a chisel and a hammer.

1965

Get Out of Here

Get Out of Here 1977

1

A rural community in the Ecuadorian Andes suddenly faces a land dispute with the legal representatives of a large company. The discovery of very rich ore deposits in the territory is the reason of the offensive greedy on those places, where the community lived since immemorial times.

1977

Revolution

Revolution 1963

6.00

Documentary that offers a great overview of the history of Bolivia, their misery, the popular indomitable spirit and repressions that occur without pause.

1963

The Principal Enemy

The Principal Enemy 1974

1

A guerrilla group arrives in an indigenous community of the Peruvian sierra with the intention of recruiting volunteers.

1974