
Made over a span of eight years, this documentary is structured as a conversation between anthropologist Mabel Prelorán and Zulay Saravino, who has left her Ecuadorian mountain village to explore opportunities in Los Angeles. Working the land and making textiles to sell, Zulay’s industrious family sent all of their daughters to school — at the time an unusual move in Quinchuqui — and raised an intelligent, independent daughter whose literacy, business sense and introduction to the Preloráns led her to try her luck in the States. Devoted to her village, she relates a mesmerizing account of Otavaleñan traditions and reflects on her experiences in the US.
Directed by Mabel Prelorán, Jorge Prelorán
Your score–
Not scoredImages
Related

McQueen

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

To Kill a Tiger

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

A Toxic Love Story

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

Come See Me in the Good Light

Directed by John Ford

Trainwreck: The Real Project X

The Class of ‘92

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Birth of the Living Dead

Fuck

Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror