Selected Film
In a community located in the oldest place on planet Earth, in southern Venezuela, three generations of the Pemón people are fighting for the return of their ancestral grandmother, Kowai Kueka. Her spirit is embodied in a red jasper stone weighing more than 20 tons, which was stolen and transported to Germany without the community's consent to be part of an art installation. The council of wise men and women of Mapauri recalls the times when abundant food was a sign of the balance maintained by Kowai Kueka and Amoko, her grandfather. After her abduction, the planet's natural cycles were altered, generating relentless rains that flooded crops and punished hundreds of human beings, alternating with prolonged periods of drought. The guardians of ancestral memory embark on a journey of resistance against memory murder to restore natural balance. Will the wise men and women be able to achieve the return journey of Grandmother Kueka, exhibited as an object in a Berlin park?
Duration: 01:14:00
Country of Origin: Venezuela
Language: Other
Director(s): María de los Ángeles Peña Fonseca
Writer(s): María de los Ángeles Peña Fonseca, Dayana Gauthier
Producer(s): María de los Ángeles Peña Fonseca
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Other Credits: Photography: Joel Ochoa, Marcos García, Andrés Durango Peláez; Sound and Music: Lino Ocando; Edition: Dayana Gauthier, Henry Contreras