Hispanic Heritage Month Series

The Department of Spanish & Portuguese’s ciclo de cine will show the first Peruvian film shot entirely in the indigenous Aymara language. A film by Óscar Catacora, Wiñaypacha (Eternity) tells the story of an elderly couple named Willka and Phaxsi (Sun and Moon) living in a remote part of the rugged Andes mountains.

Based on the lives of the filmmaker’s maternal grandparents—Catacora’s paternal grandfather plays the role of Willka. Drawing extensively from Aymara culture and cosmology, Wiñaypacha is an accomplished debut feature with magnificent cinematography, as well as an exciting addition to the vibrant, growing body of Latin American cinema featuring indigenous communities” (cinematropical).

This event is co-sponsored by Temple University Libraries.