Yana-Wara

Oscar and Tito Catacora's recent film is not afraid to tell its story explicitly, addressing issues such as the systematic abuse that women suffer at the hands of men in rural communities in southern Peru. Yana-Wara tells the story of the title character, a thirteen-year-old girl who lives in the countryside with her grandfather, Don Evaristo after her mother’s death. Yana-Wara is proof that cultures, no matter how diverse or unfamiliar, express universality, a point of intersection that puts them in dialogue with each other.

The film is a collaboration of ESCENA and AYNI Norsk Peruansk Forening.

Original version in Aymara with English subtitles.