Underplayed Gems

The Song of the Butterflies (2020)

The Song of the Butterflies poster
Original title
El canto de las mariposas
Directed by
Núria Frigola Torrent
Genre
documentary film
Country
Peru
Runtime
1h 05m
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An indigenous artist from the Witoto people tries to share the painful history his community lived through during Peru's rubber boom. The film follows his personal journey to uncover and tell this story.

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What happens

The Song of the Butterflies (Spanish: El canto de las mariposas) is a 2020 Peruvian documentary film written, co-produced and directed by Núria Frigola Torrent in her directorial debut. It follows Rember Yahuarcani, an indigenous plastic artist from the Witoto people, who seeks to tell the dark past that his community faced as a result of the rubber boom in Peru. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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