Movies: Grupo Chaski

Gregorio, a boy from the impoverished countryside of Peru emigrates to Lima, the capital city. Experiencing a cultural shock due to the chaotic nature of the city, he must challenge himself to learn Spanish, since his native tongue is Quechua, and su...

Juliana tells the story of a little girl who dresses like a boy to join a gang that her brother is in. The story shows the reality of young kids that join gangs....

In a town in the southern Andes in Peru, a DJ from a local radio station decides to start a news report to share the stories from the victims of the Maoist guerrilla of the Shinning Path, as well as the brutal repression from the police and military ...

A documentary which shows the struggle of many women surrounding the Miss Universe 1982 pageant hosted by Peru. The government invested a large sum of money in this event, during a time the country suffered an acute political, economic and social cri...

A colorful young windshield wiper makes a living at traffic lights in downtown Lima....

A sixty-year-old woman fights to survive and rescue her youthful dreams, bringing a circus show to the marginal towns of Peru… despite the bad conditions that entails....

Short film about "Yuyanapaq", the photo exhibition of the armed conflict in Peru, at Casa Riva Agüero, Chorrillos, Lima-Peru....

Documentary presenting the theory and application of the Theology of Liberation via interviews to priests from humble parishes in the slums of Lima. A fruitful labor of a Catholic Church sector committed to address social issues....

In 1992, on a marginalized street of Lima (Peru), two teenagers - Gregorio, and Juliana struggle to find a substitute or an alternative to the terrorism movement which surrounds them....

In 1987, 'Negro', 11 years old, and 'Gringo', one year younger, worked together like so many other children at Lima's Wholesale Fruit Market. In the short-film 'Little Men Meet' they shared with us their lives, jobs and dreams. We meet them again twe...

The drama of the children of Ayacucho, forced to emigrate to the capital due to the extreme violence exerted on them by the protagonists of a conflict that is alien to them. They will remember through their testimonies the land they left behind: the ...

Don Lucho worked at what he knew how to do best, being a mechanic. He sought a creative way out of the economic crisis, building his mechanical workshop in a place that belongs to no one: the street....

"Cucharita" or Miguel Martínez, is an acrobat and popular musician, who tours restaurants delighting the public with an unusual instrument: a pair of spoons. Behind the few coins that he collects are the painful memories of his childhood, the effort ...

Peruvian by birth, Haitian by profession, Crisanto is a professional healer and trickster. He deceives the people who come to him, offering them false medicines against their ills....