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Patricio Luna

Aymaranakan Sarawinakapa/Traditional Aymara Democracy
(2003, 29 min.) BOLIVIA
Director: Patricio Luna (Aymara)
Produced by: Centro SAPHI ARU
In Aymara with English subtitles.

This community-produced documentary from the Andean highlands introduces contemporary Aymara cultural practices and examines the system of traditional democracy that has sustained the society despite the colonial presence.

Image credit: Patricio Luna - photograph by Amalia Córdova, NMAI

Patricio Luna

2003 Native American Film and Video Festival - NY premiere
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