Sonia Goldenberg

Writing

Sonia Goldenberg

Born

1955-07-13 (71)

Place of birth

Lima, Peru

Known for

Writing

Credits

8 titles

Sonia Goldenberg is a Peruvian journalist, anthropologist, documentary filmmaker, and writer. She studied Anthropology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and earned a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University in New York. Over the course of her career, she has worked as a reporter for *Caretas* magazine and the television news program *Visión*, hosted by César Hildebrandt. She later served as Univision's correspondent in Washington, D.C., and New York, and has held leadership roles at the Committee to Protect Journalists and within the United Nations system. She has also written for *The New York Times* and served on the Ethics Tribunal of the Peruvian Press Council.…

Known for

Oblivion poster
4.9

Heddy Honigmann returns to her birthplace of Lima, Peru to reacquaint herself with a place and people dear to her heart. It is about a forgotten city, a forgotten history and a forgotten people. With irony as their loved weapon for survival, they have to forget as well, in order not to give way to cynicism, hatred and grief. It is about remembering the old days when life - despite class differences, corruption and violence - was still good: waiters, bartenders and shopkeepers who are fighting a losing battle and have lost everything. It is also about the children who manage to survive by mastering the art of street life and who reveal the country in it's true colours. Just like the dogs they share the streets with, they have no good memories to forget.

Oblivion

2008

Memories of Paraíso poster
NR

In the rainforest of Peru, there once stood a legendary and mysterious city called Paraíso. It was founded by survivors of an Andean earthquake who dreamed of building a future for their families. But that dream quickly ended when drug traffickers and Maoist guerrillas stormed the town. Today, Paraíso, once a place of luxury and extravagance, is nothing but ruins, reclaimed by the jungle. The town was bombed, destroyed, and abandoned, but its former inhabitants are beginning to return and tell their story for the first time.

Memories of Paraíso

2003

The Sax Country poster
NR

A documentary about the love for music and fascination for the sax in the central mountain range of Perú. It was filmed in the Mantaro Valley and in New York City. With an instrument mainly associated to blues, jazz and rock 'n' roll, Peruvians express their deepest feelings from their native mountains throughout the instrument.

The Sax Country

2007

Siguiendo a Kina poster
NR

Inspired by Kina Malpartida, Peru's first and only female world boxing champion, two young women from the most forgotten corners of the country fight against enormous obstacles to fulfill the same dream: to box and become champions. When Kina Malpartida won the super featherweight world title at the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York, boxing fever swept through Peru. Her triumph made it possible for many girls to dream of becoming champions. This documentary tells the story of Alicia and Anita, two young women who, despite the difficulties and based on their perseverance, passion, and effort, forge their own path in the tough world of boxing.

Siguiendo a Kina

2015

Behind the camera

Oblivion poster
4.9

Heddy Honigmann returns to her birthplace of Lima, Peru to reacquaint herself with a place and people dear to her heart. It is about a forgotten city, a forgotten history and a forgotten people. With irony as their loved weapon for survival, they have to forget as well, in order not to give way to cynicism, hatred and grief. It is about remembering the old days when life - despite class differences, corruption and violence - was still good: waiters, bartenders and shopkeepers who are fighting a losing battle and have lost everything. It is also about the children who manage to survive by mastering the art of street life and who reveal the country in it's true colours. Just like the dogs they share the streets with, they have no good memories to forget.

Oblivion

2008

Memories of Paraíso poster
NR

In the rainforest of Peru, there once stood a legendary and mysterious city called Paraíso. It was founded by survivors of an Andean earthquake who dreamed of building a future for their families. But that dream quickly ended when drug traffickers and Maoist guerrillas stormed the town. Today, Paraíso, once a place of luxury and extravagance, is nothing but ruins, reclaimed by the jungle. The town was bombed, destroyed, and abandoned, but its former inhabitants are beginning to return and tell their story for the first time.

Memories of Paraíso

2003

Memories of Paraíso poster
NR

In the rainforest of Peru, there once stood a legendary and mysterious city called Paraíso. It was founded by survivors of an Andean earthquake who dreamed of building a future for their families. But that dream quickly ended when drug traffickers and Maoist guerrillas stormed the town. Today, Paraíso, once a place of luxury and extravagance, is nothing but ruins, reclaimed by the jungle. The town was bombed, destroyed, and abandoned, but its former inhabitants are beginning to return and tell their story for the first time.

Memories of Paraíso

2003

Memories of Paraíso poster
NR

In the rainforest of Peru, there once stood a legendary and mysterious city called Paraíso. It was founded by survivors of an Andean earthquake who dreamed of building a future for their families. But that dream quickly ended when drug traffickers and Maoist guerrillas stormed the town. Today, Paraíso, once a place of luxury and extravagance, is nothing but ruins, reclaimed by the jungle. The town was bombed, destroyed, and abandoned, but its former inhabitants are beginning to return and tell their story for the first time.

Memories of Paraíso

2003

The Sax Country poster
NR

A documentary about the love for music and fascination for the sax in the central mountain range of Perú. It was filmed in the Mantaro Valley and in New York City. With an instrument mainly associated to blues, jazz and rock 'n' roll, Peruvians express their deepest feelings from their native mountains throughout the instrument.

The Sax Country

2007

The Sax Country poster
NR

A documentary about the love for music and fascination for the sax in the central mountain range of Perú. It was filmed in the Mantaro Valley and in New York City. With an instrument mainly associated to blues, jazz and rock 'n' roll, Peruvians express their deepest feelings from their native mountains throughout the instrument.

The Sax Country

2007

The Sax Country poster
NR

A documentary about the love for music and fascination for the sax in the central mountain range of Perú. It was filmed in the Mantaro Valley and in New York City. With an instrument mainly associated to blues, jazz and rock 'n' roll, Peruvians express their deepest feelings from their native mountains throughout the instrument.

The Sax Country

2007

Siguiendo a Kina poster
NR

Inspired by Kina Malpartida, Peru's first and only female world boxing champion, two young women from the most forgotten corners of the country fight against enormous obstacles to fulfill the same dream: to box and become champions. When Kina Malpartida won the super featherweight world title at the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York, boxing fever swept through Peru. Her triumph made it possible for many girls to dream of becoming champions. This documentary tells the story of Alicia and Anita, two young women who, despite the difficulties and based on their perseverance, passion, and effort, forge their own path in the tough world of boxing.

Siguiendo a Kina

2015