'' Ukamau'' (''"And so it is!"'' in
Aymara language
Aymara (; also ) is an Aymaran languages, Aymaran language spoken by the Aymara people of the Bolivian Andes. It is one of only a handful of Indigenous languages of the Americas, Native American languages with over one million speakers.The other ...
) is a 1966
black-and-white
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Media
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film directed by
Jorge Sanjinés
Jorge Sanjinés Aramayo (born 31 July 1936) is a Bolivian film director and screenwriter. He founded the production group ''Grupo Ukamau''. He won the ALBA Prize for Arts in 2009.
Film career
Born in La Paz, Bolivia, Jorge Sanjinés brings high ...
.
Synopsis
Sabina (an
amerindian
In the Americas, Indigenous peoples comprise the two continents' pre-Columbian inhabitants, as well as the ethnic groups that identify with them in the 15th century, as well as the ethnic groups that identify with the pre-Columbian population of ...
woman) was raped by Rosendo Ramos (a
mestizo
( , ; fem. , literally 'mixed person') is a term primarily used to denote people of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry in the former Spanish Empire. In certain regions such as Latin America, it may also refer to people who are culturall ...
man) and her husband Andrés Mayta wants revenge.
A native man goes elsewhere to sell his products. While he is away, his wife is raped. When he comes back, his wife tells him who the culprit is before she dies. He begins to look for opportunities to take revenge. Finally, the guilty man goes on a journey alone. The man whose wife was murdered goes after him.
The film presents sections on the social problems of the native people.
Director - Jorge Sanjines, Bolivia
Trigon-Film, Access date: 13 May 2022
Bibliography
- ''"UKAMAU ¡Así Es! (And So It Is)"'', Nativeamericanfilms , Access date: 13 May 2022
* José Sánchez H.: The Art and Politics of Bolivian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, Lanham (Maryland) / London 1999. S. 82. ISBN 978-1-85566-106-6
* Jorge Sanjinés, Oscar Zambrano: Kino für das Volk – die bolivianische Erfahrung. In: Peter B. Schumann (Hrsg.): Kino und Kampf in Lateinamerika. Zur Theorie und Praxis des politischen Kinos. Carl Hanser Verlag, München 1976, S. 144–167, hier 147f.
Las Banderas de Jorge Sanjinés: Ukamau (1966)
Fernando Birri, Nuevo Texto Crítico, Volume 26-27, Number 49-50, 2013/2014, pp. 7–15 (Article)
References
External links
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1966 films
1966 drama films
1960s Spanish-language films
Aymara-language films
Bolivian black-and-white films
Films directed by Jorge Sanjinés
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