Mayra Hurley

Chacaleria is a crime film about Antonia, a self-made entrepreneur who, after losing her livelihood to the COVID-19 pandemic, wants to secure her financial future by selling and distributing alcohol illegally using a drone during Panama's nationally mandated dry law. This becomes increasingly difficult when Ronny, a by the book cop, who is forced to be corrupt, catches Antonia in the act and blackmails her into robbing a bank.

In Peru in the 1980s, conflict between the Shining Path guerrillas and the army forced Josué, a young Quechua with dreams of becoming a boxing champion, to flee his hometown. Separated from his family and forced to enlist in the army, he vows to fight for a better future for them.

When journalist Octavio witnesses the assassination of President Remon Cantera, his life changes. The search for truth and truthful information brings him problems due to repression of freedom.

Five shorts spanning a century on lives impacted by the Panama Canal. Men, women and children who are influenced by the existence of the "Canal", the event that changed the history of not only a country but the world.