A hybrid non-fiction feature film project set in the Peruvian amazon.
Not a doc. Not a fiction.
Shamans. Mermaids. Neon Mototaxis. Animals Myths. Ayahuasca Tourists. Pishtaco Gangs. Fever Dreams. Electric Cumbia. Amarre Love Spells. Beauty Pageants. The Day of San Juan.
Shamans. Mermaids. Neon Mototaxis. Animals Myths. Ayahuasca Tourists. Pishtaco Gangs. Fever Dreams. Electric Cumbia. Amarre Love Spells. Beauty Pageants. The Day of San Juan.
And Arela, an indigenous Shipiba trying to make sense of it all.
This is a project that Katya Yakubov and myself wrote, directed, and shot. It came from my time living in Peru and often visiting the low jungle of the Amazon.
Below is a teaser for the project, and a minidoc about the Miss Shipiba beauty pageant.
—co-director, camera, co-edit, sound