El camino del agua

Formally eclectic, the first few seconds of the film seem to introduce us to a typical sensory documentary, but soon the flow of the narrative evolves into a much more complex portrait of the port of Paita, by concatenating recordings made by the author himself, videos generated by an AI, Google Maps views and archival images.

The petroglyphs located in the district of La Huaca, in the province of Paita, are possibly the oldest vestiges of native cultures in the area. Taking the petroglyphs as a starting point, other graphic patterns in present-day coastal spaces are explored.

A visual essay on Saúl Cantoral Huamaní, General Secretary of the Miners' Federation, who led the two general strikes over the national miners' demands that brought the industry to a standstill for nearly three months between July and December 1988, and who was assassinated by the paramilitary group "Comando Rodrigo Franco" on February 13, 1989, shortly before the start of a third strike.