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ANDES THE HIDDEN TRUTH (Documentaries) 60 minutes, creative documentary. This is the story of Valicha, a girl who could be any child in the world, though with some particular characteristics and even substantil differences. She lives in a continent rich in resources but very poor in human development. With the story of Valicha, we delve into an ignored or forgotten reality, which is the social disintregation of native children in South America. Valicha comes from a Quecha speaking Andean community. When she arrives at the city, she is mistreated by projudice and ignorant people who rejected her for her noticeable social and cultural differences, her language and naivety and for the habits she has acquired in the social group from which she originates. Every day, Valicha is exposed to the most horrific dangers, without being able to benefit from the protection that many organisations offer defenceless children. Much to the contrary, she is a victim of the city which fights daily to safeguard it's citizens from the vices that tourism brings with it.
The film is in development. |
A film by
PAULO AZENHA
Directors intention: The reason I wanted to make this film is the current situation of Peru's neglected children. This movie represents the voice of all children living in situations of extreme poverty, who are forced to change their lives, abandoing their communities and losing their custom in order to live in cities, where they work like adults and are exploited like slaves.
