Saturday, November 13: 2:00 pm People Center

The Q'eros live in the crease of land between the Andes and the Amazon, where they still practice the sacred rituals of their Incan ancestors. When John Cohen filmed them in 1989, no outsider had ever witnessed their Carnival celebration, an all-night freeform ceremony of storytelling and flute-playing. Letting his camera wander over the mountain vistas, alpaca chewing cud, stone huts, and the red, brown, and blue tones of the Q'eros's colorful woven garb, Cohen opens a window onto this unique and ancient culture. When the filmmakers offer a gift of alpaca offspring to refurbish the community's diminishing herd, we have the privilege of witnessing the communal negotiations, in which everyone gets their say.

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