Against the Grain. An Artist's Survival Guide to Peru
Verzio FF Submission Spanning two decades of corrupt governments and inept leaders, this film tells the story of four inspiring Peruvian artists: Claudio Jiménez Quispe flees his home in Ayacucho because of insurgency by the Shining Path, a Maoist rebel group. He chronicles this violence in his reta...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | English Japanese Spanish |
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Random Films
2008
United States |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:fb9caf5b-acb1-41f5-a863-511d50ea90ef |
| Summary: | Verzio FF Submission
Spanning two decades of corrupt governments and inept leaders, this film tells the story of four inspiring Peruvian artists: Claudio Jiménez Quispe flees his home in Ayacucho because of insurgency by the Shining Path, a Maoist rebel group. He chronicles this violence in his retablos, traditional wooden display boxes. Alfredo Márquez, active in the 1980s underground punk scene, produces bold, political images despite four years of unjust imprisonment. With the downfall of former president Alberto Fujimori, critics targeted Japanese Peruvians like Eduardo Tokeshi, yet he reaffirms his identity through a series of red and white Peruvian flags. Natalia Iguíñiz provokes the Catholic Church and the socially conservative middle class with controversial images that challenge gender and class. Each artist teaches us what it means to persevere and make art in a country like Perú. |
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| Published: | 2008 |