Curated with the Mother Tongue Film Festival; with promotional support from Amazon Watch
Includes a pre-recorded Q&A with filmmaker Eriberto Gualinga Montalvo and featured subject Helena Gualinga.
About the Festival: The Mother Tongue Film Festival is an annual international film festival of films with lesser-used languages from around the world. It is organized by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and has been held to coincide with International Mother Tongue Day on 21 February each year since 2016. It is run by the Recovering Voices program, a collaboration between the National Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of the American Indian, and the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
Eriberto Gualinga Montalvo (Director, Helena Sarayaku Manta (Helena of Sarayaku) is a member of the Kichwa community of the Sarayaku, in the Ecuadorean Amazon. He has a degree in Film from the University of the Arts of Guayaquil. Full bio here.
Helena Gualinga (Film Subject, Helena Sarayaku Manta (Helena of Sarayaku)
Amalia Cordova (Moderator)
- Year2022
- Runtime32 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorDCEFF
Curated with the Mother Tongue Film Festival; with promotional support from Amazon Watch
Includes a pre-recorded Q&A with filmmaker Eriberto Gualinga Montalvo and featured subject Helena Gualinga.
About the Festival: The Mother Tongue Film Festival is an annual international film festival of films with lesser-used languages from around the world. It is organized by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and has been held to coincide with International Mother Tongue Day on 21 February each year since 2016. It is run by the Recovering Voices program, a collaboration between the National Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of the American Indian, and the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
Eriberto Gualinga Montalvo (Director, Helena Sarayaku Manta (Helena of Sarayaku) is a member of the Kichwa community of the Sarayaku, in the Ecuadorean Amazon. He has a degree in Film from the University of the Arts of Guayaquil. Full bio here.
Helena Gualinga (Film Subject, Helena Sarayaku Manta (Helena of Sarayaku)
Amalia Cordova (Moderator)
- Year2022
- Runtime32 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- DirectorDCEFF