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earth altars

earth altars

Memory is preserved in earth's living archive

2023 · 68 min · Documentary

sofía returns to the site of her kidnapping. Amid the darkness and silence, her hands search underground for traces of a buried memory. Others replicate this chimerical gesture. The earth is an immutable witness that refuses to forget.

Directed by Sofía Peypoch · Written by Sofía Peypoch

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