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Category Archives: Films about Peru

Righteous Pictures Documentary “Web” Coming Soon!

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: February 13, 2013

Web is an upcoming full-length documentary directed by Michael Kleiman, a young and talented filmmaker from New York, who embarked on a personal journey to capture the moment when a group of children in a remote corner of Peru’s Amazon jungle interact with the Internet for the first time.   Click HERE to listen to [...]

Posted in Films about Peru | Tagged Cyber War, Founder, Michael Kleiman, Nicholas Negroponte, NonZero, One Laptop One Child, Palestina, Richard A. Clarke, Righteous Pictures, Robert Wright, Vint Cerf 'Father of the Internet Vice President Google, Web | Leave a comment

The Bad Intentions to vie for foreign language Oscar

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: September 27, 2012

Variety reports that Peru is sending the poignant black comedy “Las malas intenciones” (The Bad Intentions) to vie for a foreign language Oscar in the 85th Academy Awards. This coming-of-age movie recounts a nine-month period in the life of 8-year-old Cayetana during the early 80s in Peru, when terrorist violence was beginning to grip the [...]

Also posted in Art & Culture, Festivals, History | Tagged LAS MALAS INTENCIONES, Peru films, Peruvian films, The Bad Intentions | Leave a comment

Machu Picchu before and after…

By Rick Vecchio | Published: June 11, 2012

For an interesting perspective into how much restoration has taken place at Machu Picchu, independent American researcher and explorer Paolo Greer suggests watching a B-movie classic, Secret of the Incas. The 1954 Paramount Pictures movie, starring Charlton Heston, was filmed on location in Cusco and offers a brief, but stunning, panorama of Machu Picchu.

Also posted in Archaeological Sites, Cusco, Destinations, History, Machu Picchu, Nostalgia | Tagged archaeological restoration, Secret of the Incas | Leave a comment

Soy Andina: Peruvian Dance & Identity

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: August 17, 2011

Filmmaker Mitch Teplitsky has just relaunched the new and improved Web site for his documentary Soy Andina, the award-winning story about cultural reawakening through dance. This uplifting movie weaves the personal stories of Nélida Silva, a Peruvian-born immigrant New Yorker, and Cynthia Paniagua, born and raised in Queens by her Peruvian mother and Puerto Rican [...]

Also posted in Art & Culture, Family Travel, News, Peruvian Dances | Tagged Anthropology, Cultural Studies, Dance, Ethnic Studies, Ethnomusicology, Folkloric Studies, Latin American Studies, Performance Studies, Spanish Language, Visual Studies, Womens Studies | 2 Comments

Sept. 8 presentation on progress of new Scissor Dance documentary

By Fertur Peru Travel | Published: September 3, 2010

Our favorite documentary filmmaker Mitch Teplitsky, director of Soy Andina, and Peruvian filmmaker Gaby Yepes, director of Danzak, will be at the Lima Clubhouse of South American Explorers next Wednesday to offer a presentation on their new project about Scissors Dancers. Sustainable tourism student Yaneth Cisneros will also offer a presentation on her recent pilgrimage [...]

Also posted in Art & Culture, Ayacucho, Events, Peruvian Dances | 1 Comment

Marinera Norteña

By Rick Hind | Published: September 22, 2009

There’s a lively debate about the origins of the Marinera, and several contrasting schools of thought. It’s not surprising that everyone in Peru wants to claim a slice of the country’s most popular dance. It’s a dramatic and romantic paired dance, with the couple making sweeping gestures, showing off the white traditional costumes of Peru’s [...]

Also posted in Art & Culture, Destinations, Festivals, Northern Circuit, Peruvian Dances, Trujillo | 3 Comments