Through this connection she regards the lake as her mother and she the protector. Pilsen lincoln united methodist church, chicago spanish. Several of the latin american documentaries available for streaming in the. In this hypnotic tale, nelida, a young indigenous andean woman, has the ability to speak with spirits of the water. Notre dames department of romance languages and literatures offers undergraduate programs in french, italian, portuguese, romance. Ernesto cabellos201552 minpeopleculture saturday, march 4, 12 p. The first week of may is delivering more than you can imagine.
At the height of the peruvian gold rush, an andean woman able to communicate with water spirits uses her powers to prevent a mining corporation from destroying the lake she considers to be her mother. Ernesto has produced and directed the feature documentary feature films choropampa 2002, and tambogrande 2007, in collaboration with canadian director stephanie boyd. Nelida, a woman in the andes talking to the spirits of water, uses its powers to deal with a mining that threatens to destroy the lagoon that she considers her mother. At the height of the peruvian gold rush, nelida, an andean woman able to communicate with water spirits, uses her powers to prevent a mining. In 1994, he founded guarango, a documentary filmmakers association.