My Gentrification
My Gentrification A documentary film consisting of two independent sections that explore my experiences and observations about housing, urban living and the rapidly changing landscape of Toronto. These ideas are presented using personal film footage on …
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Jatun Llaxta, Noh Kaah…
Jatun Llaxta, Noh Kaah… A short experimental film that explores ancients native cities in America. Images of Machu Pichu, Sacsayhuaman, Uxmal, Chichen Itza, and Mesa Verde had been blow up from Super 8 to 16 …
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Lonely Man
Lonely Man The monotonous life of a lonely immigrant begins to reveal a dark past that he tries to erase.
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Looking for Carmen
Looking For Carmen Looking For Carmen explores a violent episode in recent Peruvian history: the civil war instigated by the Peruvian communist guerilla group, The Shining Path, between 1980 and 2000. Abimael Guzman, a philosophy …
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Assembly
Assembly A short film that illustrates the struggle of the working class in Peru, in relation to the global workers movement. The grainy images, canted shots, still images and Russian montages offer a captivating five …
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Tale of Winter
Tale of Winter focuses on the societal indifference towards homeless people. One the of the biggest challenges of ours times is the lack of empathy towards the underprivileged, the poor, the deranged: the people who …
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3 x 16
3 x 16 These three short films, consist of perceptive depictions of a public square in Lima, the view from his mother’s rooftop, and work at the Toronto film festival revision department. The filmmaker used …
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Maricones (Faggots)
Maricones (Faggots) Set in the marginal neighbourhood of Corongo and the seigniorial cobblestone streets of Lima, Peru, Maricones unveils the many contradictions and advances of a sexual revolution that is sweeping the world at the …
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A Little Square Heaven
A Little Square Heaven A documentary that explores the lives of gardeners from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds in Toronto community gardens. The gardeners are the basis for a look at multiculturalism in Toronto. Their …
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Promised Land
Promised Land An experimental documentary film, which mixes the personal and the political. It follows the story of my family in Peru, from the middle of the last century through to the present day. The …
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