Spanish film
Against the Grain: An Artist’s Survival Guide to Peru
Contracorriente: Guía de Supervivencia para Artistas en el Perú
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20081h 4mDocumentaryDir. Ann Kaneko
The story
This documentary, filmed between 2001 and 2005, tells the story of four Peruvian visual artists: Claudio Jiménez Quispe, a retablo maker from Ayacucho; Alfredo Márquez, an art activist; Eduardo Tokeshi, a renowned Nikkei artist; and Natalia Iguiñiz, an artist and photographer. It showcases their work and their struggle to remain active and creative amidst a repressive social and governmental regime.