Alejandro Legaspi

Juliana tells the story of a little girl who dresses like a boy to join a gang that her brother is in. The story shows the reality of young kids that join gangs.

In 1987, 'Negro', 11 years old, and 'Gringo', one year younger, worked together like so many other children at Lima's Wholesale Fruit Market. In the short-film 'Little Men Meet' they shared with us their lives, jobs and dreams. We meet them again twenty years later. The country, their lives, jobs and dreams have changed. In 'Distant Dreams' the lives ou our cast members reflect upon the past, the present and the future of our country.

In a town in the southern Andes in Peru, a DJ from a local radio station decides to start a news report to share the stories from the victims of the Maoist guerrilla of the Shinning Path, as well as the brutal repression from the police and military forces during the Civil War that took place in the 80s and early 90s in the country. Due to this risky job, he'll be seen as an "enemy" for both of the parties in conflict, jeopardizing the news report as well as his own life.

Documentary on the impact of the monopoly in the milk business on small farmers in Peru

A documentary which shows the struggle of many women surrounding the Miss Universe 1982 pageant hosted by Peru. The government invested a large sum of money in this event, during a time the country suffered an acute political, economic and social crisis. On the other hand, we can appreciate the denigrating use of the women's image in publicity.

History of the founding of the Red Cross in Peru.

Juliana tells the story of a little girl who dresses like a boy to join a gang that her brother is in. The story shows the reality of young kids that join gangs.

In 1987, 'Negro', 11 years old, and 'Gringo', one year younger, worked together like so many other children at Lima's Wholesale Fruit Market. In the short-film 'Little Men Meet' they shared with us their lives, jobs and dreams. We meet them again twenty years later. The country, their lives, jobs and dreams have changed. In 'Distant Dreams' the lives ou our cast members reflect upon the past, the present and the future of our country.

In 1987, 'Negro', 11 years old, and 'Gringo', one year younger, worked together like so many other children at Lima's Wholesale Fruit Market. In the short-film 'Little Men Meet' they shared with us their lives, jobs and dreams. We meet them again twenty years later. The country, their lives, jobs and dreams have changed. In 'Distant Dreams' the lives ou our cast members reflect upon the past, the present and the future of our country.

In a town in the southern Andes in Peru, a DJ from a local radio station decides to start a news report to share the stories from the victims of the Maoist guerrilla of the Shinning Path, as well as the brutal repression from the police and military forces during the Civil War that took place in the 80s and early 90s in the country. Due to this risky job, he'll be seen as an "enemy" for both of the parties in conflict, jeopardizing the news report as well as his own life.

In a town in the southern Andes in Peru, a DJ from a local radio station decides to start a news report to share the stories from the victims of the Maoist guerrilla of the Shinning Path, as well as the brutal repression from the police and military forces during the Civil War that took place in the 80s and early 90s in the country. Due to this risky job, he'll be seen as an "enemy" for both of the parties in conflict, jeopardizing the news report as well as his own life.

Documentary on the impact of the monopoly in the milk business on small farmers in Peru

A documentary which shows the struggle of many women surrounding the Miss Universe 1982 pageant hosted by Peru. The government invested a large sum of money in this event, during a time the country suffered an acute political, economic and social crisis. On the other hand, we can appreciate the denigrating use of the women's image in publicity.

History of the founding of the Red Cross in Peru.

Explanation of the making of reed boats, a pre-Columbian form of navigation and fishing that survives on northern beaches such as Huanchaco and others.

While shaving a customer, a barber tells him that he has found out that his wife is cheating on him with him.

Documentary presenting the theory and application of the Theology of Liberation via interviews to priests from humble parishes in the slums of Lima. A fruitful labor of a Catholic Church sector committed to address social issues.

Gregorio, a boy from the impoverished countryside of Peru emigrates to Lima, the capital city. Experiencing a cultural shock due to the chaotic nature of the city, he must challenge himself to learn Spanish, since his native tongue is Quechua, and survive in this whole prejudiced new world. A hostile world for poor immigrants.

A mudslide dammed the Mantaro River, flooding many farmlands and homes; the overflow and breach of the dam would cause a tragedy.

Based on the short story "Los Pocillos" by Mario Benedetti.

Short film about "Yuyanapaq", the photo exhibition of the armed conflict in Peru, at Casa Riva Agüero, Chorrillos, Lima-Peru.

Short film about "Yuyanapaq", the photo exhibition of the armed conflict in Peru, at Casa Riva Agüero, Chorrillos, Lima-Peru.

From Chincha, the story of the cajón, an Afro-Peruvian musical instrument, is told.

From the series “Portraits of Survival.” This documentary tells the story of El Gringo and El Negro, two boys aged 9 and 10 who work in a fruit market in Lima. They share their life stories with us.

A mysterious event interrupts a nurse's night shift, during which she saves a baby's life.

From the series “Portraits of Survival.” A sixty-year-old woman fights to survive and rescue her youthful dreams, bringing a circus show to the marginal towns of Peru… despite the bad conditions that entails.

Uruguayan filmmakers in exile document aspects of social reality in Peru. The town of Mariscal Cáceres, which its inhabitants call La Mejorada, is left without a road due to a landslide. Now, they can only sell their products when the train passes by. Thus, time begins to be dictated by the arrival and departure of the train cars.

A group of women from the town sing traditional hymns to the Lord of Miracles, the purple Christ; their voices are lost amidst the roar of the crowd and the thunder of the marching bands.

Eli Timani Irarica, a young man of Kukama Kukamiria origin, begins his journey to the community of San Gabriel, 12 hours from Iquitos, where he will work as a bilingual intercultural education teacher at the local multi-grade primary school. We accompany him, and along the way he tells us about his childhood, his time at school, his professional training, his dreams, and his commitment to revitalizing his language and revaluing his culture.

From the series “Portraits of Survival.” Peruvian by birth, Haitian by profession, Crisanto is a professional healer and trickster. He deceives the people who come to him, offering them false medicines against their ills.

After forty years of living in the Peruvian highlands, the Swiss priest Otto Brun offers us a sincere testimony in which he speaks of his marriage and his three daughters; of his pastoral work from the point of view of Liberation Theology and his conflicts with the hierarchy of the Church; of how to speak of God to those who have been "despised in their human condition"; of how haphazard his path of faith is.