The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs

Name: The Hummingbird Paints Fragrant Songs
Director: Èlia Gasull Balada
Cast: Sara Flores

After a lifetime of hardship, 75-year-old Indigenous artist Sara Flores emerges from the Peruvian Amazon into the global art scene. As she confronts the toll of success, she turns her work into an act of resistance for her Shipibo Nation.

90 min

Directed by Èlia Gasull Balada · Written by Èlia Gasull Balada

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