简介:No stranger to controversy in his Bolivian homeland, Jorge Sanjines aims his films at his country's poor and working class in an attempt to inspire them to fight for equality and freedom. His best-known film is Yawar Mallku (Blood of the Condor) (196
简介:"The Bolivian fiction feature Yawar Mallku is one of the most famous examples of Latin American militant cinema. Like most of these American militant films, this one was made on a modest budget in spite of major obstacles. Bolivia has no significant
简介:When a Bolivian Indian travels to town to sell his produce, a half-caste who usually buys his goods visits the man's hut. He finds the man's wife alone and he is miffed when the husband is not there. After she explains that the town market will
简介:The Flags of Dawn (1983), co-directed by Sanjinés and his wife and closest collaborator, Beatriz Palacios, is a documentary about the transition to democracy in Bolivia in the years 1978-1983.