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201663 minPG-13documentary

Andean Sheperdess

201663 minPG-13documentary

4200 meters above sea level, Aymara women reflect on motherhood and loss while tending to their llama herds in the Chilean Plateau.

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Ricardo Villarroel

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4200 meters above sea level, Aymara women reflect on motherhood and loss while tending to their llama herds in the Chilean Plateau.

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Ricardo Villarroeldirector

Sebastián Saavedrawriter

Ricardo Villarroelwriter

Sebastiana Chura Blascast

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Gabriela Blas, a local pastor, faces imprisonment after the loss of her three-year-old son while tending to her llama herd in the Chilean Plateau. At 4,200 meters above sea level, Aymara women share their thoughts on motherhood, life, and death in a remote area where grazing llamas and alpacas provide their only means of support. The film captures their reflections against the backdrop of an abandoned land in the Andes mountains.

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