Movies and TvShows featuring "quechua" theme.

Altiplano is a movie set in the Peruvian Andes. It revolves around the story of an ophthalmologist and a war photographer who uncover the truth behind a toxic spill and its impact on the local population's health.

A Native American elder, named Jolie, embarks on a journey to seek justice and redemption for the loss of his family and land. Along the way, he encounters various challenges and obstacles, testing his strength and determination. A Thousand Roads explores the themes of cultural identity, resilience, and the fight for justice in the face of adversity.

A day in the life of Esperanza, a Quechua girl who lives in the remote mountains of southwestern Bolivia.

Maribel and Carmencita are two indigenous girls who work in Cuzco Central Square, taking pictures with the tourists in exchange of a tip. Leon, Maribel's father does not have a regular job, which causes fights with Ines, his wife and the rest of the family.

Aggregate States of Matters highlights the ambiguous relationship between humans and nature. For her new 35mm film shot in Peru, Rosa Barba worked with communities that are affected by the melting of a glacier and geological time becoming exposed. Barba shows the slow disappearance of the glacier and the perception of this fact within the Quechuan population in the Andes. While exploring different local myths, she outlines the possibility of translating ancient knowledge into the present time.

Based on a quechua legend, Malambo tells the story of a woman who lost her husband and son because of the greedy patrón of an hacienda. She swore that she would never remove the cloth over her eyes until her dead were avenged by the deaths of the patrón and his daughter. Nature seems to be on her side, since a drought has afflicted the land. Her other son, Malambo, accepts the duty of revenge. Malambo is no normal human: he is the runa-uturungo, or Hombre Tigre, of Quechua lore, and he cannot be wounded by bullets. He leads the obreros to rise in revolt and defeats the patrón. However, instead of killing the patrón's daughter--the blind Urpila --he falls in love with her, thereby breaking his mother's heart.

In a remote Peruvian city, lives Honorata Vilca, an illiterate woman of Quechua descent who sells candies more than 20 years ago, with the rain will cry to the sky itself.

In the beautiful Andes of Bolivia, a teenage boy named Juanito must embark on a dangerous journey to find the sacred Pachamama statue and save his father who has fallen gravely ill. Along the way, he encounters the rich culture of the Quechua people and forms a deep connection with the land and its spiritual essence.

An indigenous tradition in the highlands of Peru where three key players take part: a wild condor, a raging bull and brave young men.

Portrait of Hugo Blanco, the 'Peruvian Che Guevara". A mythical peasant leader and famous Trotskyist "guerrilla fighter" who preferred to encourage self- government and to become an anonymous: Hugo Indio.

Quechua natives prepare for White Man, a time traveler and explorer who crashed and abandoned his spaceship in the Amazon, to return and take them away on an interstellar journey.

Choropampa, el precio del oro is a thought-provoking documentary that delves into the devastating consequences of gold mining in the Peruvian Andes. The film exposes the aborigine Quechua community's struggle as they face the dire consequences of mercury poisoning and environmental contamination caused by a toxic spill.

One man's journey through a world swamped in problems, searching for a way to reconnect with a deeper, more meaningful way of life.