The Song of the Butterflies (2020) [N/A]
Featuring:
Rember Yahuarcani, Martha Lopez, Nereida Lopez
Written by:
Nuria Frigola Torrent
Directed by:
Nuria Frigola Torrent
Release Date:
May 28, 2020
Original Title:
El canto de las mariposas
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Jacalito Films
La Mula Producciones
Travesia Films
Production Countries:
Peru
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 65
Rember Yahuarcani is an indigenous artist from the Uitoto Nation who lives in Lima, Peru. From his clan, the White Heron, only two families remain in Peru. Rember's paintings are inspired by the stories his grandmother Martha told him before she died. However, he has never dived into the darkest part of his nation’s history: the indigenous massacre during the rubber boom. Martha is a survivor of the horror and she speaks to Rember in dreams guiding him in a spiritual journey back to the jungle. He first visits his parents, who are also artists, in the Peruvian jungle. And finally, he sails to La Chorrera, in Colombia, where he confronts the past and meets other members of his clan.
Rember Yahuarcani is an indigenous from the Uitoto Nation who lives in Lima. From his lineage, the White Heron, only two families survive in Peru. Rember is an artist and paints inspired by the myths and stories his grandmother Martha used to tell him before she died. Martha is the voice that guides him all the time. When Rember finds himself blocked in his art, travels back to the Amazonian community of Pebas to visit his family. His father, also a painter, and his mother, a sculptor, try to help him finding ways to continue creating. For Rember's parents, knowing where they come from is the reason why they are still surviving as a nation, even though they almost extinguished during the rubber boom period. Rember is unwilling to confront this dark part of History in his paintings. Grandmother Martha is a survivor of these horror times and, in dreams, she encourages him to travel to La Chorrera, in Colombia, the original land of the Uitoto Nation. In La Chorrera Rember confronts the past and meets other members of his lineage. He also understands why their stories cannot be forgotten.
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