Kuntur Wachana (Quechua for 'where the condor is born')[2] is a Peruvian docudrama directed by Federico García Hurtado (born in Cusco, 1937). It was released in 1977. Kuntur Wachana won the FIPRESCI international critics' prize at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival.[3]

Kuntur Wachana
Directed byFederico García
Release date
  • 22 December 1977 (1977-12-22)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryPeru
LanguagesQuechua, Spanish[1]

Summary

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Indigenous Peruvians led by Quechua peasant and trade union leader Saturnino Huillca struggle for land reform.

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References

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  1. ^ Enrique Mayer, Ugly Stories of the Peruvian Agrarian Reform, Duke University Press, Durham and London, 2009, p. 44-53
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org. see: kuntur, wachay and -na
  3. ^ Peter H. Rist, Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema, 2014, p. 272-274
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