Manuel Chambi

In the remote Andean highlands of Peru, a tight-knit indigenous peasant community has endured generations of brutal exploitation by local landowners. When a shocking act of violence exposes the complete failure of the official justice system to protect them, the villagers’ simmering anger pushes them toward a crossroads.

Cusco film school.

Short film.

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With students from the University of Lima, 1970.

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The only and unfinished feature film made by Manuel Chambi with his students from the University of Lima.

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Together with Luis Figueroa, Chambi filmed the constructions of the pre-Inca, Inca and colonial periods coexisting in the architecture of the city of Cusco.

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The danzaq, or scissor dancer, from Ayacucho, Huancavelica, or Apurimac, is the only dancer in the Americas into whose body, according to legend, a magical spirit enters: the Wamani, god of the mountains, water, or air. In the counterpoint dances performed at major festivals, it is not two men who confront each other, but rather two earth gods, accompanied by the music of the harp and violin, which represent all the sounds of nature. Its origins date back to the pre-Columbian era, when certain privileged men were chosen by their fellow men to represent them.

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First social and scientific short film. It depicts a surgical intervention on a real blind patient to encourage reflection on the problems of this disease. The producer and main character was Dr. Glicero Dávila Negrón.

This short-film is the first production of Cine Club Cusco, directed by Manuel Chambi and filmed in 16 mm on reversible film. It is a visual tour of the religious festival in Cusco of Corpus Christi.

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Documentary that records the Kanas Carnival for four days. This was the second or third version about the festival in the town of Kanas (after “Carnival of Kanas” and “The Invincible Kanas”), with voice-over by César Villanueva.

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Famous bullfight with condor, Yawar Fiesta of our Peruvian Andes.

This documentary about Quyllurrit'i, the grandest and most important festival in the Andean world in Cusco, shows how various communities come together to celebrate this festival. It is the first time this festival has been filmed.

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