Drawing of a tall person holding a bow and arrow
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Karuara, People of the River
Friday, May 3, 2024 10:45 AM
Facing cultural genocide, a group of Indigenous women from Peru file a groundbreaking lawsuit demanding the government recognize the Marañón River, which flows into the Amazon, as a person with rights in order to protect the world of powerful spirits led by the Karuara.
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Deep in Peru’s Amazon region, the Marañón River is home to a vast network of spirit villages ruled by the Karuara, or “People of the River.” Through enchanting hand-painted animation that fills the frame with vibrant compositions, we are transported inside the river world, where spirits lounge in hammocks made of boa constrictors and smoke sardines wearing stingray hats and catfish shoes. Laughing children ride to school on giant turtles and play football with inflated blowfish. Behind their playfulness, however, the Karuara are also metaphysical ecologists maintaining the delicate balance of life in the waterways.
For centuries, the Kukama people have depended on their rivers for survival. But, in a world that continuously puts a price tag on nature and humanizes the corporations responsible for the cultural genocide that is taking place, a federation of women, led by Mariluz Canaquiri, decide to fight back and file a groundbreaking lawsuit demanding the river, too, be recognized as a legal person with rights.



Film Info
Runtime:77
Copyright:2024
Country Listing:Peru
Canada
Premiere Status:World Premiere
Landing Page:https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/hot-docs-festival/films/2024/karuara-people-of-the-river
Festival Info
Festival Year:2024
Language:Spanish
Kukama-Kukamiria
Accessibility:Full Subtitles
Program Category:Canadian Spectrum Competition
Film Subjects:Activism
Crime & the Justice System
Ecology & the Environment
Indigenous Cultures & Issues
Latin American & Caribbean Cultures & Issues
Politics & Political Intrigue
Website:https://www.karuara.com
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Miguel Araoz Cartagena
Stephanie Boyd
Producer(s):Mariluz Canaquiri Murayari
Leonardo Tello Imaina
Stephanie Boyd
Executive Producer(s):Stephanie Boyd
Miguel Araoz Cartagena
Writer(s):Leonardo Tello Imaina
Stephanie Boyd
Miguel Araoz Cartagena
Editor(s):Fabricio Deza Iturri
Cinematography:Miguel Araoz Cartagena
Composer:Danna Gaviota Tello Morey
Illary Nuñez del Prado Bruckmann
Sound:Jose Balado Diaz
Cesar Centeno Yauri
Stephanie Boyd
Animation:Dario Jara Morante
Karina Loayza Vargas
Valeria Salinas Yabar
Miguel Aráoz Cartagena
Technical Animator(s):Mario Auburtin