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The Gift of Pachamama

MOVIE 2009 103 min Episode(s): 1 japanese, english Other
2009 Washington DC Independent Film Festival Grand Jury Award: Best Feature Film
2009 Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival Best Cinematography Award


On Bolivia’s vast salt flats, 13-year-old Kunturi helps his close-knit Quechua family hand-cut salt bricks, trading them for necessities in a life deeply tied to the land. When his grandmother falls ill, Kunturi joins his father on a nearly three-month journey along the ancient Ruta de la Sal. Their first stop: the Potosí mines, seeking a friend’s long-lost father. As they travel, Kunturi encounters hardship, resilience, and reverence for Pachamama, Andean “Mother Earth”. Amid tragedy and wonder, he begins to confront the complexities of adulthood- facing death, suffering, and, most tenderly, the stirrings of his first love.
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