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A Peruvian equation

A Quecha Indian community has developed in the shantytowns just outside Lima, where daily quests for food and water are a struggle. Peress lives with one Quecha family for one week, documenting their difficult daily routines. The threat of military brutality is ever-present, and the shantytown is the domain of the unpredictable and ultraviolent Shining Path

VHS Video, Spanish, ©1992
First Run/Icarus Films, New York, NY, ©1992