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Herencia de Un Pueblo

(Inheriting a Legacy)

Title: Herencia de Un Pueblo (Inheriting a Legacy)

Running Time: 12:02

Year of Release: 2016

Original Language: Spanish

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Credits

 

Director: Carmen Román

Screenplay: Natalia Maysundo & Carmen Román

Film Editor: Natalia Maysundo

Camara: Natalia Maysundo

Sound: Rosa Cabezudo

Production: Camilo Ballumbrosio Guadalupe & Carmen Román

Musicians: Camilo Ballumbrosio Guadalupe (Cajón) & Carlos Estefano Tasayco Guadalupe (Violin)

Characters: Isaela Blanco Cueto viuda de Zapata (Women in the cotton field)

Dancers: Camilo Ballumbrosio Guadalupe, Alma Moron Ballumbrosio, Suemelyn Tipacti Joya, Valerie Andia Chavez, Marileysis Buenaño Arana, Melanie Buenaño Arana, Victor Manuel Herrera Rivas, Carlos Alberto Gallardo Napa, Cesar Alexander Valdez Mendoza, Carmen Román.

Funded by: Fulbright Commission in Peru

Sypnosis

Set in the vibrant Peruvian town of El Carmen, this film highlights the people, town, and dance legacy of African descendants in Peru.

Screenings:

  • August 2016, Festival Internacional Kutuká, Cañete, Peru

  • October 2016, San Francisco Dance Film Festival, San Francisco, California  Awards: Best Documentary, Best Cinematography

  • January 2017, Twin Cities Film Fest Dance Flicks, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • February 2017, Black Choreographers Festival, San Francisco, California

  • April 2017, Dance Camera West, Los Angles, California

  • May 2017, New York African Film Festival, New York, New York

  • August 2017, TEDGlobal Conference, Arusha, Tanzania

  • October 2017, Trans(m)it Film Festival, London, England

  • August 2018, FAD Festival, Cary, North Carolina

  • August 2018, Vancouver Latin American Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada

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