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Añay Kachi

Añay Kachi

Client

Client

Pachamama Original

Pachamama Original

Type

Type

Documentary

Documentary

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Documentary

Documentary

Year

Year

2019

2019

About

About

This is the project that started it all for us as a production company. One that will always remain in our hearts as the seed that gave birth to Pachamama. At 3,300 m above sea level, in the Peruvian Andes, indigenous people have been harvesting salt by hand for over 600 years, before the Inca times. After many years of struggle and unfair working conditions, the salt workers became owners of the salt mine, creating a communal company. Today they proudly own and operate the salt business. Through the eyes of Laurita, a 65-year-old indigenous salt worker, this short film explores the cultural meaning that this place has for the people of Maras and how it is shaping the future of the next generations.

This is the project that started it all for us as a production company. One that will always remain in our hearts as the seed that gave birth to Pachamama. At 3,300 m above sea level, in the Peruvian Andes, indigenous people have been harvesting salt by hand for over 600 years, before the Inca times. After many years of struggle and unfair working conditions, the salt workers became owners of the salt mine, creating a communal company. Today they proudly own and operate the salt business. Through the eyes of Laurita, a 65-year-old indigenous salt worker, this short film explores the cultural meaning that this place has for the people of Maras and how it is shaping the future of the next generations.

Credits

Cristóbal Ruiz, Thomas Silcock

Directors, DP's, Photographers

Toto Fuentes

Sound, Production Assistant

Maricarmen Moquillaza

Associated Producer

Quote

"Before, we didn't have money to educate our kids. Today, we are a cooperative. We have won"

Laurita, Farm Worker, Maras Salt Pools

Credits

Cristóbal Ruiz, Thomas Silcock

Directors, DP's, Photographers

Toto Fuentes

Sound, Production Assistant

Maricarmen Moquillaza

Associated Producer

Quote

"Before, we didn't have money to educate our kids. Today, we are a cooperative. We have won"

Laurita, Farm Worker, Maras Salt Pools