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Against the Grain: An Artist’s Survival Guide to Peru (2008)
Directed by Ann Kaneko
Documentary · 1h 04m
This documentary, filmed between 2001 and 2005, tells the story of four Peruvian visual artists: Claudio Jiménez Quispe, a retablo maker from Ayacucho; Alfredo Márquez, an art activist; Eduardo Tokeshi, a renowned Nikkei artist; and Natalia Iguiñiz, an artist and photographer. It showcases their work and their struggle to remain active and creative amidst a repressive social and governmental regime.
Crew
- Director
- Ann Kaneko
Details
- Original title
- Contracorriente: Guía de Supervivencia para Artistas en el Perú
- Release date
- 2008-09-11
- Runtime
- 1h 04m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- ES
- Countries
- Peru